Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden (Pocket)
avLaura Mayer
ISBN: 9780747810490 - UTGIVEN: 2011-07The name Lancelot 'Capability' Brown has become synonymous with the eighteenth-century English landscape garden: between 1751 and 1783 his consultancy handled over 170 major commissions. Ruthlessly efficient, he could stake out the 'capabilities' of a particular terrain within an hour on horseback. [...]
Humphry Repton (Pocket)
avLaura Mayer
ISBN: 9780747812944 - UTGIVEN: 2014-06Humphry Repton (1752-1818) ambitiously styled himself Capability Brown's successor: the century's next great improver of landed property. With his rare combination of skills - he was a talented topographical sketcher with a unique ability to judge the shifting needs of his patrons - over thirty year[...]
American Public Policy (Pocket)
avLawrence C. Mayer, T. Carr, N.Joseph Cayer, Mark Mckenzie, Laura Peck, Clarke E. Cochran
ISBN: 9781111342883 - UTGIVEN: 2011-01-14Best-selling AMERICAN PUBLIC POLICY: AN INTRODUCTION engages student interest through its unique emphasis on specific, substantive issues of public policy. This text draws students into American public policies by presenting their historical context, prompting students to evaluate and discuss possib[...]
