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Gardens and Green Spaces in the West Midlands since 1700 (Paperback)
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Gardens and Green Spaces in the West Midlands since 1700 (Paperback)
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Garden history is more than the study of individuals such as
'Capability Brown' who created estates for a wealthy elite. A new
approach, which includes insights from geology and archaeology, the
perspectives of social class and gender, the history of art and
architecture, science, technology and literature, is changing our
perspective so that we can see gardens and gardening within wider
social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Landscapes were
created, formed and interpreted by town dwellers, women and
lesser-known gardeners and designers as well as the 'great men' of
the past. Based on papers given at a conference at the University
of Birmingham, and written by distinguished scholars who are also
writing for a wide audience, these essays highlight the wealth of
recent research into landscape and green spaces in the West
Midlands. The book ranges from the Picturesque movement in
Herefordshire to William Shenstone's unique ferme ornee at The
Leasowes, near Halesowen and the aspirational gardens and
allotments of the Quaker ironmasters at Coalbrookdale in
Shropshire. Other contributions celebrate women's entrepreneurial
activity in the nursery trade, chart the uncovering and restoration
of a hidden eighteenth-century landscape at Hagley in
Worcestershire and explore the lost Vauxhall pleasure gardens in
Birmingham, which were established as a commercial venture in the
eighteenth century. An examination of Victorian public parks
reveals how their aesthetics were shaped by architecture made from
the products of manufacturing industry while a study of three
modest suburban estates considers how local industrialists shaped
the environment of south Birmingham. The relationships between
health, medicine and green spaces are explored through an analysis
of the role of 'therapeutic landscapes' in late-nineteenth- and
twentieth-century Worcestershire. Enhanced with maps, plans and
black-and-white and colour illustrations, this is a volume of
important scholarship that places the West Midlands at the heart of
landscape history.
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