Pregill, Philip : California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Philip Pregill is Associate Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at California State Polytechnic
University in Pomona.
Volkman, Nancy : Texas A & M University
Nancy Volkman is Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Texas A&M University.
Review
"valuable as a reference work...but it deserves to be read as a good one-volume history of world landscapes"
--Landscape History, Vol.20, 2000
Submitted by Publisher, January, 2002
Summary
A remarkably comprehensive history of 10,000 years in the development of landscape architecture and environmental
design, this new edition of the classic reference examines a vast array of cultural, social, political, technological,
and philosophical issues. Featuring handy chapter summaries and bibliographies, this is the ideal reference for
busy architects and planners. New to this edition are fascinating sections on Asia and its landscapes, planning,
and planting practices.
Table of Contents
EUROPEAN LANDSCAPES.
Prehistory: Migration and Adaptation.
The Near Eastern Landscapes: Neolithic Settlements.
Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley.
Egypt and the Nile Valley.
The Mediterranean Landscape: Roman Hegemony.
Continental Europe: Agriculture, Feudalism, and Community.
The Late Middle Ages: Urban and Rural Landscape Development.
Humanism and Ideal Landscapes.
Enlightenment and Romanticism.
The Twentieth Century: Modernism and Planning.
Asian Landscapes: India & Subcontinent of Asia.
Landscapes of the Rising Sun: Design and Planting in Japan.
THE NORTH AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.
Pre-Columbian and European Colonial Landscapes.
The Early National Period.
A New Land to Process: Development of Transportation and Land Tenure Systems.
The Romantic Period.
Parks Produce a New Profession.
Urban Planning in the Nineteenth Century.
Impact of Railroads on the American Landscape.
Design for Ostentation: The Late Victorian Eclectic Landscape.
Noble Realities and Ignoble Pretenses: The City Beautiful.
The City Scientific.
The Revival of Classicism: Landscape Architecture in an Era of Conspicuous Consumption.
To Preserve and Conserve: Protection of Natural and Cultural Resources.
The 1930s: Era of Public Works.
The Automobile Age.
The Modern City.
Modern Garden Design and Site Planning.
