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A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
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A Cultural History of Gardens in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
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As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and
their designs were a product and representation of
industrialisation and urbanisation, they were also motors of
change. Gardens became an industry in and of themselves. They were
both the last resting places of the dead and cultivated plots for
surv ival. Gardens were therapeutic environments regarded as
civilising, socialising and assimialting institutions, and they
were designed and perceived as social landscapes and community
playgrounds. Rich with symbolism, gardens were treated as the
subject and the setting for literature and painting and were often
considerd works of art in themselves. In a time of empire, when
plants were drawn from across the globe, gardens also reflected
territorial conquest and expansion and they fostered national,
regional and local identities. A Cultural History of Gardens in the
Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on
issues of design, types of gardens, planting, use and reception,
issues of meaning, verbal and visual representation of gardens, and
the relationship of gardens to the larger landscape.
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