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The Politics of Park Design: A History of Urban Parks in America
Galen Cranz surveys the rise of the park system from 1850 to the present through 4 stages - the pleasure ground, the reform park, the recreation facility and the open space system. Looking at both their physical design and social purpose, Cranz argues that city parks have become an instrument of social policy with the potential for reflecting and serving social values....
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- Material Type:
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- Date Added to MERLOT:
- December 14, 2021
- Date Modified in MERLOT:
- December 14, 2021
- Author:
- Galen Cranz, University of California, Berkeley
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Cathy Swift
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- College Upper Division, Graduate School
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- English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
