{"product_id":"landscape-and-utopia-jody-beck-9781138483866","title":"Landscape and Utopia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book examines three landmark utopian visions central to 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century landscape architectural, planning, and architectural theory. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe period between the 1890s and the 1940s was a fertile time for utopian thinking. Significant geographic shifts of large populations; radically altered relations between capital and labor; rapid technological developments; large investments in transportation and energy infrastructure; and repetitive economic disruptions motivated many individuals to wholly reimagine society - including the connections between social relations and the built environment. \u003ci\u003eLandscape and Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e examines the role of landscapes in the political imaginations of the Garden City, the Radiant City, and Broadacre City. Each project uses landscapes to propose a reconstruction of the relationships between land, labor, and capital but - while the projects are well-known - the role played by landscapes has been largely left unexamined. Similarly, the radical anti-capitalism that underpinned each project has similarly been, for the most part, left out of contemporary discussions. This book sets these projects within a historical and philosophical context and opens a discussion on the role of landscapes in society today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be a must-read for instructors, students, and researchers of the history and theory of landscape architecture, planning, and architecture as well as utopian studies, cultural and social history, and environmental theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jody Beck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138483869\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138483866\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/22\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Jody Beck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44302011695359,"sku":"9781138483866","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_609bc773-0127-410a-a31b-bd4a156be59a.jpg?v=1695159004","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/landscape-and-utopia-jody-beck-9781138483866","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}