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INTRODUCTION viii • I: PEIRCE LEWIS: AMERICAN LANDSCAPE TASTES 2 • 2: CATHERINE HOWETT: MODERNISM AND AMERICAN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 18 • 3: MARCTREIB: AXIOMS FOR A MODERN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 36 • 4: JAMES C. ROSE: FREEDOM IN THE GARDEN [1938] 68 • 5: JAMES C. ROSE: PLANTS DICTATE GARDEN FORMS [ 1938] 72 • 6: JAMES C. ROSE: ARTICULATE FORM IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN [ 1939] 73 • 7: JAMES C. ROSE: WHY NOT TRY SCIENCE? [ 1939] 76 • 8: GARRETT ECKBO, DANIEL U. KILEY, and JAMES C. ROSE: LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT [ 1939] 78 • 9: GARRETT ECKBO, DANIEL U. KILEY, and JAMES C. ROSE LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN THE RURAL ENVIRONMENT [ 1939] 83 • 10: GARRETT ECKBO, DANIEL U. KILEY, and JAMES C. ROSE LANDSCAPE DESIGN IN THE PRIMEVAL ENVIRONMENT [ 1940] 88 • II: DOROTHEE IMBERT: A MODEL FOR MODERNISM: THE WORK AND INFLUENCE OF PIERRE-EMILE LEGRAIN 92 • 12: FLETCHER STEELE: NEW PIONEERING IN GARDEN DESIGN [ 1930] 108 • I 3 THORBJORN ANDERSSON ERIK GLEMME AND THE STOCKHOLM PARK SYSTEM / II • 14 JOHN DIXON HUNT THE DIALOGUE OF MODERN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE WITH ITS PAST 111 • IS LANCE M NECKAR CHRISTOPHER TUNNARD: THE GARDEN IN THE MODERN LANDSCAPE / / / • 16 CHRISTOPHER TUNNARD: MODERN GARDENS FOR MODERN HOUSES. REFLECTIONS ON CURRENT TRENDS IN LANDSCAPE DESIGN [1942] / '< • 17 MICHAEL LAURIE THOMAS CHURCH, CALIFORNIA GARDENS, AND PUBLIC LANDSCAPES 166 • 18 REUBEN M RAINEY "ORGANIC FORM IN THE HUMANIZED LANDSCAPE": GARRETT ECKBO'S LANDSCAPE FOR LIVING Wo • 19: GARRETT ECKBO: PILGRIM'S PROGRESS 206 • 20: GREGG BLEAM: MODERN AND CLASSICAL THEMES IN THE WORK OF DAN KILEY 22o SELECTED WORKS AND COMMENTS BY DAN KILEY 240 • 21: PETER WALKER: THE PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN THE POSTWAR UNITED STATES 250 • 22: MARTHA SCHWARTZ: LANDSCAPE AND COMMON CULTURE SINCE MODERNISM 260 • 23: MARC TREIB: POINTING A FINGER AT THE MOON: THE WORK OF ROBERT IRWIN 266 • EPILOGUE 2H6 • INDEX 290.

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