THE SEARCH FOR ENVIRONMENT
Written by Walter L. Creese
Published by Yale University Press
in 1966
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- TOWN PLANNING
- ARCHITECTURE
THE SEARCH FOR ENVIRONMENT
Written by Walter L. Creese.
Stock no. 1826835
1st.
1966.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Garden City: Before and After. The evolution of the Garden City and the suburb, which resulted from changes in the cities and their dwellings and the embergence of model villages around factories during the early nineteenth century. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. Brown tape marks to endpapers. Text block browned. Price-cut brown dustwrapper is lightly chipped at top & tail of spine and is a little grubby.
Front cover
Contents
- Preface
- 1. Where Does the City Stand?
- 2. The Bradford-Halifax School of Model Village Builders
- 3. The Bad Example of Leeds
- 4. The Oasis at Bedford Park
- 5. Neat and Clean at Port Sunlight and Bournville
- 6. Morris and Howard - Boston and Chicago
- 7. Parker and Unwin
- 8. New Earswick
- 9. The First Garden City of Letchworth
- 10. Hampstead Garden Suburb
- 11. Wythenshawe
- 12. The Architecture of Parker and Unwin
- 13. The Image Overseas
- 14. The New Towns
- Index