The working man's green space : allotment gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919 / Miche...
The working man's green space : allotment gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919 / Miche...
The working man's green space : allotment gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919 / Micheline Nilsen.
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Publisher
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
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Date
2014.
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G 2015/1059
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 232 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents
Definitions and commonalities -- Allotments in England -- Kleingärten in Germany -- Jardins ouvriers in France -- Is there an aesthetics of allotments? -- Allotments and the design professions.
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Publisher
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
Virginia
Date Published
2014.
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Summary
"With antecedents dating back to the Middle Ages, the community garden is more popular than ever as a means of procuring the freshest food possible and instilling community cohesion. But as Micheline Nilsen shows, the small-garden movement, which gained impetus in the nineteenth century as rural workers crowded into industrial cities, was for a lon...
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The working man's green space : allotment gardens in England, France, and Germany, 1870-1919 / Micheline Nilsen.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-223) and index.
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G 2015/1059
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74VKO003wbZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKO003wbZl
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ISBN
0813935377 (e-book)
9780813935089 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813935083 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813935379 (e-book)
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635.0942
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991022631959702626
