Carole A O'Reilly

The Greening of the City

Urban Parks and Public Leisure, 1840-1939

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book re-evaluates the contribution of the urban park to our civic history and considers their impact on patterns of public leisure and the use of open space in the city.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 231g
• ISBN-13: 9781032092447
• ISBN-10: 1032092440
• Artikelnr.: 62149881

Autorenporträt

Carole A. O'Reilly is a Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Understanding Urban Parks 2. Parks in the Urban Environment 3. Parks as
Social and Political Landscapes 4. Public Parks as Employers 5. Ideal
Playgrounds?: Parks and the Development of Popular Recreation 6. Parks and
the Green Agenda 7. Public Parks, Leisure and the Popular Imagination