American Space: The Centennial Years 1865 - 1876

American Space chronicles "the development of the rural and urban landscape in various regions of the United States during the crucial decade following the Civil War". "The author is concerned not only with what were largely unplanned changes in the environment, such as the effects of the advent of wheat raising and railway transportation in the Northwest and the growth of steam-powered factory towns in much of New England, but also with the response of what he calls 'the reformers', the landscape architects and others who attempted to give amenity and shape to the landscape".