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Ebenezer Howard's iconic "Garden Cities of To-Morrow," published in
1902, spawned an international movement for the creation of Garden
Cities in the early twentieth century and serves as a foundation
text for modern planning theory. Contemporary planning efforts such
as New Urbanism and Smart Growth look to Howard's concepts for
inspiration, and this volume introduces fundamental ideas such as
green belts and lays the foundations of Transit-Oriented
Development. Also included in this new edition is the Garden Cities
and Town Planning Association's follow-up work "The Garden City
Movement Up-To-Date," published in 1913, fifteen years after
Howard's first edition. This update provides valuable information,
including plans and photographs, of the early years of the movement
for Garden Cities like Letchworth and Hampstead. Supplemental
information such as "missing" diagrams from Howard's earlier
edition "To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform" and up-to-date
financial figures are also included in this volume. This work, one
of the "Foundations of Urban Planning" series, is required reading
and deserves to be included in any urban planner's or architect's
bookshelf.
Omar Khayyam was an eleventh and twelfth century Persian
mathematician, scientist and poet who left over one thousand
ruba'i, or quatrains, of a deeply philosophical nature. Through
these short stanzas, Khayyam explored a variety of human themes
including life and death, love, nature, beauty, and faith. In 1859,
Edward FitzGerald translated, less literally than figuratively and
structurally, seventy-five of these into English in the Rubaiyat of
Omar Khayyam. He continued to refine and expand his work over the
course of five editions, issued through 1889. FitzGerald's
romanticized translations were highly popular in Victorian England
and led to widespread interest in Khayyam's works worldwide as well
as newfound recognition of his contributions to science and
mathematics. This collection presents FitzGerald's first edition
text and annotations along with Edmund Sullivan's wonderfully
stylized and romantic illustrations. Also included are full text
versions of all FitzGerald editions as well as a stanza-by-stanza
comparison of their evolution over the course of four decades.
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