{"product_id":"foreign-trends-in-american-gardens-raffaella-fabiani-giannetto-9780813939131","title":"Foreign Trends in American Gardens: A History of Exchange, Adaptation, and Reception","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeign Trends in American Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e addresses the influence of foreign, designed landscapes on the development of their American counterparts. Including essays from an array of significant scholars in landscape studies, this collection examines topics ranging from the importation of Western and Eastern styles of design and theoretical literature to the adaptation of specific plant types. As the variety of topics and influences discussed demonstrates, the essence of American gardens defies simple definition. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExamining the translation, imitation, adaptation, and naturalization of stylistic trends and horticultural specimens into American gardens, the book also dwells on the juxtaposition of the foreign and the native. The volume's contributors consider the experiences both of immigrants, who contributed through their writing, planting, and design efforts to enhance the character of regional gardens, and of Americans, who traveled abroad and brought back with them a passion for naturalizing exotics for scientific as well as aesthetic reasons. The complexity of American gardens--their combination of the historic and the modern, and of foreign cultures and local values--is also their most distinctive characteristic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813939135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813939131\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.50w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2017","brand":"Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059833958655,"sku":"9780813939131","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7719325-cf70-4f52-a0ad-ed4fd83e3edb.jpg?v=1685060592","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/foreign-trends-in-american-gardens-raffaella-fabiani-giannetto-9780813939131","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}