A Short History of Gardens by Campbell, Gordon

A Short History of Gardens (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198784616)

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A Short History of Gardens by Campbell, Gordon

A Short History of Gardens

$17.98
A Short History of Gardens by Campbell, Gordon

A Short History of Gardens

$17.98
Format: Hardcover
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Gardens take many forms, and have a variety of functions. They can serve as spaces of peace and tranquilty, a way to cultivate wildlife, or as places to develop agricultural resources. Globally, gardens have inspired, comforted, and sustained people from all walks of life, and since the Garden of Eden many iconic gardens have inspired great artists, poets, musicians, and writers.

In this short history, Gordon Campbell embraces gardens in all their splendour, from parks, and fruit and vegetable gardens to ornamental gardens, and takes the reader on a globe-trotting historical journey through iconic and cultural signposts of gardens from different regions and traditions. Ranging from the gardens of ancient Persia to modern day allotments, he concludes by looking to the future of the garden in the age of global warming, and the adaptive spirit of human innovation.

Author: Gordon Campbell
ISBN-10: 0198784619
ISBN-13: 9780198784616
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2017
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.80w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/17/2016
Booklist 12/01/2016 pg. 7
Choice 10/01/2017
By Gordon Campbell
By Gordon Campbell
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Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Leicester, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. In January 2012 he was presented with the Longman History Today Trustees Award (for lifetime contribution to history). He has authored and edited many books for OUP including The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance (2003); Renaissance Art and Architecture (2004); John Milton: Life, Work and Thought (2008; co-author); Bible: the Story of the King James Version, 1611-2011 (2010); and The Hermit in the Garden: from Imperial Rome to Ornamental Gnome (2013).

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