A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States: With Remarks on their Economy: Volume 1 - Brossura

Olmsted, Frederick

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ISBN 10: 110800444X ISBN 13: 9781108004442

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Riassunto

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) was a journalist and landscape designer who is regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture: his most famous achievement was Central Park in New York, of which he became the superintendent in 1857, but he also worked on the design of parks in many other burgeoning American cities, and was called by Charles Eliot Norton 'the greatest artist that America has yet produced'. His A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States was originally published in 1856, and arose from journeys in the south which Olmsted, a passionate abolitionist, had undertaken in 1853–4. This edition was published in two volumes in 1904, with the addition of a biographical sketch by his son and an introduction by William P. Trent. It abounds in fascinating and witty descriptions of Olmsted's encounters and experiences in a society which was on the verge of overwhelming change.

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Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903), American journalist and landscape designer, wrote A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States after travelling in the south in 1853–4. It abounds in fascinating and witty descriptions of Olmsted's encounters and experiences in a society which was on the verge of overwhelming change.

Contenuti:

Preface; Frederick Law Olmsted; Introduction; 1. Washington; 2. Virginia; 3. The economy of Virginia; 4. The political experience of Virginia; 5. North Carolina.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 110800444X
• ISBN 13: 9781108004442
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 468