Seeing trees : A history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / Sonja Dümpelmann. [electronic resource]
By: Duempelmann, Sonja [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2019Description: e-book contains 318 pages illustrations (some color), maps.ISBN: 9780300240702.Subject(s): 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 | Industrial Chemistry | Green and Sustainable TechnologyGenre/Form: History.DDC classification: 635.977 Online resources: https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.12987/9780300240702/html#overview Click hereItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Seeing the Urban Forest
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PART ONE. NEW YORK CITY
1. Tree Doctor vs. Tree Butcher: Standardized Trees and the Taylorization of New York City
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2. Street Tree Aesthetics: Uniformity and Variety along New York City Streets
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3. Tree Ladies: Women, Trees, and Birds in New York City
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4. Planting Civil Rights: Street Tree Plant-ins in New York City
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PART TWO. BERLIN
5. Burning Trees: Street Trees in Wartime and Early Cold War Berlin
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6. Greening Trees: Replanting East and West Berlin
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7. Shades of Red: Art, Action, and Aerial Photography for a Green Berlin
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8. Unity and Variety: Berlin’s New Urban Forest
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Epilogue: Street Trees of the Future
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Abbreviations
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Notes
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Index
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A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city
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