{"product_id":"9780747813422","title":"Garden Cities","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eGarden Cities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sarah Rutherford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGarden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and nineteenth-century utopianism. But despite being the culmination of a range of influential movements, and having global influence themselves, in fact there were only ever two true, self-contained Garden Cities in England – far more numerous were Garden Suburbs and Villages. Crystallised in England by planning visionary Ebenezer Howard and executed largely by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, the movement arose from nineteenth-century settlements like Port Sunlight (and, earlier, Saltaire and Akroyden), and also from the City Beautiful movement in the US; the settlements were designed to promote healthy individual and community life, as well as commerce and industry, and were – and are – instantly recognizable. This book is a beautifully illustrated guide to the movement as a whole, from its earliest influences through practical difficulties in implementation to the continuing vitality of the conurbations which are its legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780747813422\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Shire Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40595702677710,"sku":"9780747813422","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780747813422","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}