Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- A Word from Parks Professionals, Politicians and Parks Organisations
- Introduction: Dr Hazel Conway (1991)
- 1 Public Parks and Municipal Parks
- 2 The Need for Parks
- 3 Pioneering Parks Development
- 4 The Park Movement
- 5 Design and Designers
- 6 Lodges, Bandstands and the Cultivation of Virtue
- 7 Local Pride and Patriotism
- 8 Planting and Park Maintenance
- 9 Permitted Pastimes
- 10 Recreation Grounds, Parks and the Urban Environment
- 11 Public Parks, 1885–1914
- 12 Later Municipal Park Designers
- 13 Garden Cities and the New Towns Movement
- 14 Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation in Public Parks in the Inter-war Years
- 15 Parks Management – a Changing Perspective
- 16 Decline, Revival and Renewal – the Role of Parks into 21st-century Britain
- Appendix 1 Summary of main legislation promoting early park development
- Appendix 2 Chronology of main municipal and public park developments between 1800 and 1885
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Subscription List
- Index
A Word from Parks Professionals, Politicians and Parks Organisations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Miscellaneous Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- A Word from Parks Professionals, Politicians and Parks Organisations
- Introduction: Dr Hazel Conway (1991)
- 1 Public Parks and Municipal Parks
- 2 The Need for Parks
- 3 Pioneering Parks Development
- 4 The Park Movement
- 5 Design and Designers
- 6 Lodges, Bandstands and the Cultivation of Virtue
- 7 Local Pride and Patriotism
- 8 Planting and Park Maintenance
- 9 Permitted Pastimes
- 10 Recreation Grounds, Parks and the Urban Environment
- 11 Public Parks, 1885–1914
- 12 Later Municipal Park Designers
- 13 Garden Cities and the New Towns Movement
- 14 Sport, Physical Activity and Recreation in Public Parks in the Inter-war Years
- 15 Parks Management – a Changing Perspective
- 16 Decline, Revival and Renewal – the Role of Parks into 21st-century Britain
- Appendix 1 Summary of main legislation promoting early park development
- Appendix 2 Chronology of main municipal and public park developments between 1800 and 1885
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Subscription List
- Index
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- People's ParksThe design & development of public parks in Britain, pp. xiii - xviPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2023