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pro vyhledávání: '"gardens of britain"'
Autor:
Judith Sumner
As the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science. From victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials with key roles in victory. Vegetabl
Publikováno v:
Наука телевидения, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp 43-102 (2022)
The article explores the roles of historical gardens in Western cinema. A garden can make a historical location (Versailles), mimic another historical garden (Vaux-le-Vicomte as Chantilly in Vatel), embody a national way of life (gardens of the Natio
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https://doaj.org/article/f2303d42948b48bcadf331f78fed9b66
Autor:
William M. Taylor
The Vital Landscape explores the arrival of the biological sciences - most notably the sciences oflife entailed in studies of botany and zoology, ecology and evolutionary science, physiology and psychology - in the nineteenth century and their impact
Autor:
Margaret Willes
This magnificently illustrated people's history celebrates the extraordinary feats of cultivation by the working class in Britain, even if the land they toiled, planted, and loved was not their own. Spanning more than four centuries, from the earlies
Autor:
Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant
During the First and Second World Wars, food shortages reached critical levels in the Allied nations. The situation in England, which relied heavily on imports and faced German naval blockades, was particularly dire. Government campaigns were introdu
Autor:
Gordon Campbell
Tracing its distant origins to the villa of the Roman emperor Hadrian in the second century AD, the eccentric phenomenon of the ornamental hermit enjoyed its heyday in the England of the eighteenth century It was at this time that it became highly fa
Autor:
Claire Masset
A celebration of a beloved and uniquely British garden style. The cottage garden's abundant, informal style is rooted in Victorian dreams of a perfect country life. But it has found new expressions from the Arts & Crafts movement to the present day.T
Autor:
Michael Gilson
The surprising origin story of Britain's love affair with suburban gardening. It is said that Britain is a nation of gardeners and its suburban gardens with roses and privet hedges are widely admired and copied across the world. But how and why did m
Autor:
Jules Hudson
BBC presenter Jules Hudson (Countryfile, Escape to the Country) is passionate about walled gardens. In this book, he looks at walled gardens throughout England and Wales and explores their history, innovative design and cultural heritage.The walled g