The moral high ground in Albany: Rhetorics and practices of an 'Olmstedian' park, 1855-1875

Journal of Historical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 666-687

  Pipkin, John S ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NINETEENTH CENTURY; PARK DESIGN; PARK MANAGEMENT;

ALBANY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 29744450984     PISSN: 03057488     EISSN: 10958614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhg.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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