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Books | American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | S 790 .B48 1996 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 613414 |
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S 613 .I75 1980 Irrigation principles and practices / | S 620 .P76 2004 Prospects of saline agriculture in the Arabian peninsula. | S 675 Farm machinery. | S 790 .B48 1996 Between fences / | S 926.A2 S36 2004 Shapers of the great debate on conservation : a biographical dictionary / | S 930 .N36 The American environment; readings in the history of conservation. | S 936 .J63 1969 Conservation. |
"On view at the Museum from May 31, 1996 through January 5, 1977"--P. facing t.p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
Looked over but often overlooked, fences have played an essential role in the American building tradition from the time of colonization. Skirting the nation's private and public spaces, they define our borders and boundaries while playing an integral part in the visual environment. Thousands of types of fences have been created, and millions of miles of fencing have been constructed across the American landscape. Lavishly illustrated, between fences assembles a distinguished group of architects, theorists, and historians who address this fundamental yet neglected aspect of our built environment. Together, they examine how fences reflect the way Americans think about their land and how they relate to those who share it with them. Included are provocative essays by Diana Balmori on landscape and the hedge, Philip Dole on the American home and the picket fence, Gregory K. Dreicer on the ubiquitous chain-link fence, Gary Kulik on the worm fence, John Brinkerhof Jackson on barbed wire fences, Anne M. Lange on Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall", and Anne Stillman on fences and the settlement of New England.
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