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Carr, Ethan, 1958-

Wilderness by design : landscape architecture and the National Park Service / Ethan Carr.

Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press, [1999], ©1998.

viii, 378 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

United States. National Park Service -- History.

Landscape architecture -- United States -- History.

National parks and reserves -- United States -- Design -- History.

"Bison Books"--Spine.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-364) and index.

Introduction : National parks and landscape architecture -- "The power of scenery" : picturesque theory and landscape design in American parks -- "Conserve the scenery" : the national park as 20th-century landscape park -- The Grand Canyon Village Historic District : the "Fairsted School" and American town planning -- The Going-to-the-Sun Road Historic District : "landscape engineering" and changing roles of Park Service professionals -- The Mount Rainier National Park Historic District : regional planning and National Park Service "master planning" -- The National Park Service and national recreational planning -- Conclusion : the Blue Ridge Parkway.

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