TY - BOOK ID - 8480553 TI - The politics of park design : a history of urban parks in America PY - 1982 SN - 0262030861 0262367866 9780262367868 9780262030861 0262530848 PB - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, DB - UniCat KW - Urban parks KW - History. KW - Design and construction KW - Political aspects KW - -Urban parks KW - -Central city parks KW - City parks KW - Municipal parks KW - Parks KW - Public spaces KW - -Political aspects KW - -History KW - -Design and construction KW - History KW - Central city parks KW - ARCHITECTURE/Urban Design UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8480553 AB - Galen Cranz surveys the rise of the park system from 1850 to the present through 4 stages - the pleasure ground, the reform park, the recreation facility and the open space system. Looking at both their physical design and social purpose, Cranz argues that city parks have become an instrument of social policy with the potential for reflecting and serving social values. ER -