| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 14, 2016). |
| Contents |
Cover; A Short History of Gardens; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; List of Plates; Plate Section; Introduction; 1: The Ancient and Medieval Garden; The Near East and Eastern Mediterranean; Greece and Rome; South Asia; The Medieval European Garden; Byzantium; Central and South America; 2: The Islamic Garden; The Mughal Garden; Central Asia; Iran; The Middle East; The Ottoman Empire; North Africa; Spain; 3: The East Asian Garden; China; Japan; 4: Italy; The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries; The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 5: France; The Renaissance. |
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The Seventeenth CenturyThe Eighteenth Century; The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 6: Spain and Portugal; Spain; Portugal; 7: Northern Europe; The Low Countries; Germany; Russia; 8: Britain; The Renaissance; Restoration and Eighteenth Century; The Nineteenth Century; The Twentieth Century; 9: America, Africa, and Australia; North America; Central and South America; Sub-Saharan Africa; Australia; Postscript: The Future History of the Garden; Glossary; Further Reading; GENERAL; THE ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL GARDEN; The Near East and Eastern Mediterranean; South Asia; The Medieval Garden. |
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ByzantiumCentral and South America; THE ISLAMIC GARDEN; The Mughal Garden; Central Asia; Iran; The Middle East; The Ottoman Empire; North Africa; Spain and Portugal; THE EAST ASIAN GARDEN; China; Japan; ITALY; FRANCE; SPAIN AND PORTUGAL; NORTHERN EUROPE; The Low Countries; Germany; Russia; BRITAIN; AMERICA, AFRICA, AND AUSTRALIA; North America; Central and South America; Sub-Saharan Africa; Australia; THE FUTURE HISTORY OF THE GARDEN; Index of People and Places. |
| Summary |
Gardens, A Short History embraces the beauty and practicality of gardens, in history and culture across the world. Gordon Campbell also look at variations on the modern garden, including the suburban garden, the city garden, the guerrilla garden, and the vegetable garden, and considers the future of gardens. |
| Subject |
Gardens -- History.
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Gardening -- History.
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GARDENING -- Essays.
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GARDENING -- Reference.
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GARDENING -- Vegetables.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
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Gardening. (OCoLC)fst00937852
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Gardens. (OCoLC)fst00937895
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Campbell, Gordon. Short history of gardens. First edition. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2016 9780198784616 0198784619 (OCoLC)935690636 |
| ISBN |
9780191087547 (electronic bk.) |
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0191087548 (electronic bk.) |
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