As showcases for dramatic changes in garden style and new
technology, world's fairs offered leading landscape designers and
nurserymen the chance to tempt visitors to try new garden trends in
backyards across the nation. From horticultural innovations to new
landscape styles, the wonders displayed at these fairs had a
distinct influence on America's largest urban parks.
In World's Fair Gardens, Cathy Jean Maloney offers a lavishly
illustrated exploration of the gardens and grounds of America's
nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century world's fairs. Maloney
describes the landscapes of nine of America's great fairs from the
1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia to the 1940 World's Fair
of Tomorrow in New York, many of whose legacies are still
evident.
The fairs also created an arena for intense competition among
nations. Foreign plant introductions included English rhododendrons
in Philadelphia, Mexican cacti in New Orleans, and Japanese gardens
at nearly all the fairs, a feat considering the formidable
challenge of shipping live plants great distances in those times.
Maloney also explores innovations from the "glazeless putty system"
greenhouse in 1884 and cold storage systems in 1904 to modernistic
glass fences in 1940.
Complete with more than 50 color and 70 black-and-white
illustrations, World's Fair Gardens will appeal to historians,
gardeners, urban planners, landscape architects, public park
advocates, preservationists, and anyone interested in the history
of these global festivals.
Supported by a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced
Studies in the Fine Arts
General
Imprint: |
University of Virginia Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2012 |
First published: |
November 2012 |
Authors: |
Maloney
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Dimensions: |
236 x 209 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
Pages: |
244 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8139-3311-5 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
General
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LSN: |
0-8139-3311-0 |
Barcode: |
9780813933115 |
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