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Seeing trees : a history of street trees in New York City and Berlin

Title
Seeing trees : a history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / Sonja Dümpelmann.
Author
Duempelmann, Sonja
Publication
  • New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
xi, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm
Subject
  • Trees in cities > New York (State) > New York > History
  • Trees in cities > Germany > Berlin > History
  • Trees in cities
  • Germany > Berlin
  • New York (State) > New York
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
pt. 1: New York City -- Tree doctor vs. tree butcher: standardized trees and the taylorization of New York City -- Street tree aesthetics: uniformity and variety along New York City streets -- Tree ladies: women, trees, and birds in New York City -- Planting civil rights: street tree plant-ins in New York City -- pt. 2: Berlin -- Burning trees: street trees in wartime and early Cold War Berlin -- Greening trees: replanting East and West Berlin -- Shades of red: art, action, and aerial photography for a green Berlin -- Unity and variety: Berlin's new urban forest -- Epilogue: street trees of the future.
Call Number
JFF 20-501
ISBN
  • 9780300225785
  • 0300225784
LCCN
2018938623
OCLC
1029879685
Author
Duempelmann, Sonja, author.
Title
Seeing trees : a history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / Sonja Dümpelmann.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFF 20-501
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