Front Yard America

Front Yard America
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 188
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ISBN-10 : 0879726369
ISBN-13 : 9780879726362
Rating : 4/5 (362 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Front Yard America by : Fred E. H. Schroeder

Download or read book Front Yard America written by Fred E. H. Schroeder and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing his exploration of popular American culture, Schroeder investigates how the front yard came to be, with its clipped lawns, shaped bushes, conventional flowers, noble shade trees, sidewalk frames, and other elements denoting respectability. He notes that it came into being between 1870 and 1890, and has persisted against the criticism, indeed the ridicule, of landscape designers, architects, urban planners, and other professionals and aesthetes. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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