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Cargando... Defiant Gardens: Making Gardens in Wartimepor Kenneth I. Helphand
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. This book is as much about the psychology of people in extreme conditions as it is bout the gardens they created. As is repeated several times throughout the individual stories, the essential feature of gardening as opposed to, say, music, is that gardening involves investing in an unknown future. How could one plant seeds in the Warsaw knowing that you would be unlikely to see the harvest? It is these and similar dilemmas that Kenneth Helphand explores. Using photographic, documentary and interview resources he investigates the 'why' and 'how' peoplecreated gardens in these conditions. From soldiers at the Front in WW1 to US Japanese internees in the desert, tribute is paid the the determination,ingenuity and inspiration of the gardeners. Interestingly, the final chapter touches on the guerilla gardening movement - are some people so urbanised now, that our cities themselves can be regarded as extreme environments? ( ) sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
How is it that during a war, one can still find gardens? In the most brutal environments, on both the home front and the battlefield, they continue to flourish. Wartime gardens are dramatic examples of what Kenneth Helphand calls "defiant gardens" -- gardens created in extreme social, political, economic, or cultural conditions. Illustrated with archival photos, this remarkable book examines gardens of war in the 20th century, including extraordinary examples built behindthe trenches in World War I, in the Warsaw and other ghettos during World War II, and in Japanese-American internment camps, as well as gardens created by soldiers at their bases and encampments during wars in the Persian Gulf, Vietnam, and Korea. Winner of the Environmental Design Research Association award and other honors,Defiant Gardens proves that these man-made constructs are far more than decorative diversions or simple sanctuaries from the stresses of daily life. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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