Duempelmann, Sonja,
Seeing trees : A history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / [electronic resource] Sonja Dümpelmann. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019. - e-book contains 318 pages illustrations (some color), maps ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter
Publicly Available i
Contents
Publicly Available vii
Acknowledgments
Publicly Available ix
Introduction: Seeing the Urban Forest
Licensed 1
PART ONE. NEW YORK CITY
1. Tree Doctor vs. Tree Butcher: Standardized Trees and the Taylorization of New York City
Licensed 21
2. Street Tree Aesthetics: Uniformity and Variety along New York City Streets
Licensed 43
3. Tree Ladies: Women, Trees, and Birds in New York City
Licensed 67
4. Planting Civil Rights: Street Tree Plant-ins in New York City
Licensed 97
PART TWO. BERLIN
5. Burning Trees: Street Trees in Wartime and Early Cold War Berlin
Licensed 125
6. Greening Trees: Replanting East and West Berlin
Licensed 158
7. Shades of Red: Art, Action, and Aerial Photography for a Green Berlin
Licensed 186
8. Unity and Variety: Berlin’s New Urban Forest
Licensed 218
Epilogue: Street Trees of the Future
Licensed 242
Abbreviations
Licensed 251
Notes
Licensed 253
Index
Licensed
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city
9780300240702 Eur 97.95
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300240702 DOI:
Trees in cities--History.--New York (State)--New York
Trees in cities--History.--Germany--Berlin
Trees in cities.
Germany--Berlin.
New York (State)--New York.
Industrial Chemistry Green and Sustainable Technology
History.
635.977 / DUM/S
Seeing trees : A history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / [electronic resource] Sonja Dümpelmann. - New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019. - e-book contains 318 pages illustrations (some color), maps ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter
Publicly Available i
Contents
Publicly Available vii
Acknowledgments
Publicly Available ix
Introduction: Seeing the Urban Forest
Licensed 1
PART ONE. NEW YORK CITY
1. Tree Doctor vs. Tree Butcher: Standardized Trees and the Taylorization of New York City
Licensed 21
2. Street Tree Aesthetics: Uniformity and Variety along New York City Streets
Licensed 43
3. Tree Ladies: Women, Trees, and Birds in New York City
Licensed 67
4. Planting Civil Rights: Street Tree Plant-ins in New York City
Licensed 97
PART TWO. BERLIN
5. Burning Trees: Street Trees in Wartime and Early Cold War Berlin
Licensed 125
6. Greening Trees: Replanting East and West Berlin
Licensed 158
7. Shades of Red: Art, Action, and Aerial Photography for a Green Berlin
Licensed 186
8. Unity and Variety: Berlin’s New Urban Forest
Licensed 218
Epilogue: Street Trees of the Future
Licensed 242
Abbreviations
Licensed 251
Notes
Licensed 253
Index
Licensed
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city
9780300240702 Eur 97.95
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300240702 DOI:
Trees in cities--History.--New York (State)--New York
Trees in cities--History.--Germany--Berlin
Trees in cities.
Germany--Berlin.
New York (State)--New York.
Industrial Chemistry Green and Sustainable Technology
History.
635.977 / DUM/S