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Seeing trees : A history of street trees in New York City and Berlin / Sonja Dümpelmann. [electronic resource]

By: Duempelmann, Sonja [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: 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 here
Contents:
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
Summary: 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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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

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