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Nineteenth-century gardens and gardening
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- Book Synopsis
- The nineteenth century witnessed an expanse in the range and diversity of gardens from domestic gardens in and outside the home, to gardens that catered for larger groups including scientists, company workers and local people (and their dead). Gardens under glass developed as did varied approaches to garden design, planting and methods of gardening. Several factors contributed towards, and were influenced by, the evolution of gardens in the period: the development of leisure and mass markets, the spread of the middle-classes and the professionalisation of gardening, the development of the suburbs and changing role of women. Gardens are a subject that is both global and multidisciplinary and this set provides the reader with a variety of ways in which to read them. This collection brings together primary sources on gardens and gardening including the gardening press, the broader press, government papers, book excerpts and some previously unpublished documents. Material is primarily derived from Britain, with Europe, USA, Australia, India, China and Japan also featuring.
- About The Author
- Dr Sarah Dewis followed a career in graphic design at the BBC and completed her doctorate at Birkbeck University of London. She contributed to The Lure of Illustration in Nineteenth Centiury Picture and Press (2009) and to the Dictionary of Nineteenth Century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland (2009). She has lectured at the Institute of Historical Research (2014) and is the author of The Loudons and the Gardening Press (2014).Dr Brent Elliott was Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society from 1982 to 2007, and since 2007 has been the Society's Historian. He is the author of Victorian Gardens (1986), Treasures of the Royal Horticultural Society (1994), The Country House Garden (1995), Flora: an Illustrated History of the Garden Flower (2001), The Royal Horticultural Society: a History 1804-2004 (2004), and most recently, RHS Chelsea Flower Show: a Centenary Celebration (2013). A former editor of Garden History, he is currently editor of Occasional Papers from the RHS Lindley Library. He is a member of the Victorian Society's Buildings Committee, and for 25 years was a member of the Historic Parks and Gardens Committee/Panel of English Heritage.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780367188559
- Format
- Multiple-item retail product
- Publisher
- Routledge, (19 June 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 2110
- Weight
- 4260 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 234 x 156 mm
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