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020 _a9780300225785
082 _a635.977
_bDUE
100 _aDumpelmann, Sonja
_990959
245 _aSeeing trees : a History of street trees in New York city and Berlin
260 _aNew Haven
_bYale University Press
_c2019
300 _axi,318p.
505 _aContents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Seeing the Urban Forest 1 PART ONE NEW YORK C ITY 1.Tree Doctor vs. Tree Butcher: Standardized Trees and the Taylorization of New York City 21 2. Street Tree Aesthetics: Uniformity and Variety along New York City Streets 43 3. Tree Ladies: Women, Trees, and Birds in New York City 67 4. Planting Civil Rights: Street Tree Plant-ins in New York City 97 PART TWO. BERLIN 5. Burning Trees: Street Trees in Wartime and Early Cold War Berlin 125 6. Greening Trees: Replanting East and West Berlin 158 7. Shades of Red: Art, Action, and Aerial Photography for a Green Berlin 186 8. Unity and Variety: Berlin's New Urban Forest 218 Epilogue: Street Trees of the Future 242 List of Abbreviations 251 Notes 253 Index 301
890 _aUSA
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650 _aTrees in cities -- Germany -- Berlin -- History.
_aTrees in cities -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
_aArbres dans les villes -- New York (E�tat) -- New York -- Histoire.
_aArbres dans les villes -- Allemagne -- Berlin -- Histoire.
_aGARDENING -- Essays.
_aGARDENING -- Reference.
_aGARDENING -- Vegetables.
_aSCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Horticulture.
_aNATURE -- Plants -- Trees.
_aTrees in cities.
_aGermany -- Berlin.
_aNew York (State) -- New York.