Book ID: CBB866419240

Seeing Trees: A History of Street Trees in New York City and Berlin (2019)

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Dümpelmann, Sonja (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 336 pp.
Language: English

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated volume that explains what street trees tell us about humanity’s changing relationship with nature and the city   Today, cities around the globe are planting street trees to mitigate the effects of climate change. However, as landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann explains, the planting of street trees in cities to serve specific functions is not a new phenomenon. In her eye-opening work, Dümpelmann shows how New York City and Berlin began systematically planting trees to improve the urban climate during the nineteenth century, presenting the history of the practice within its larger social, cultural, and political contexts.   A unique integration of empirical research and theory, Dümpelmann’s richly illustrated work uncovers this important untold story. Street trees—variously regarded as sanitizers, nuisances, upholders of virtue, economic engines, and more—reflect the changing relationship between humans and nonhuman nature in urban environments. Offering valuable insights and frameworks, this authoritative volume will be an important resource for years to come.

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Authors & Contributors
Andraschke, Udo
Annika Levels
Lisa Reilly
Leonardo Ciacci
Calzona, Arturo
Murphy, Kevin D.
Concepts
Urban history
Science and society
Urban planning
Science and politics
Science and culture
Environmental history
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Medieval
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Berlin (Germany)
New York City (New York, U.S.)
Italy
Germany
London (England)
United States
Institutions
Cape Town. Royal Observatory
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