Walls - Enclosure and Ethics in the Modern Landscape

Ancient walls, barbed-wire walls, metaphorical walls, political walls: all form, reform, and dissect our world. The author traces the rich array of social practices associated with walls across history, and describes how, at the dawn of the modern era, these practices were pushed aside by new notions of sovereign rights and private property.

About the author

Thomas Oles is assistant professor of landscape architecture at Cornell University. He is the author of Go with Me: 50 Steps to Landscope Thinking.

Summary

Ancient walls, barbed-wire walls, metaphorical walls, political walls: all form, reform, and dissect our world. The author traces the rich array of social practices associated with walls across history, and describes how, at the dawn of the modern era, these practices were pushed aside by new notions of sovereign rights and private property.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Oles, Oles Thomas, Thomas Oles
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.01.2015
• EAN: 9780226199245
• ISBN: 978-0-226-19924-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Landscape art & architecture, ARCHITECTURE / Landscape, Landscape architecture and design