Roderick Flouds groundbreaking study of the history, money, places and personalities involved in British gardens over the past 350 years gives fascinating insight into why gardening is part of this countrys soul. Michael Heseltine, Deputy Prime Minister (19961997)Thousands of books have been written about the history of British gardens but Roderick Floud, one of Britains most distinguished economic historians, asks new and important questions how much did gardens cost to build and maintain, and where did the money come from? Superbly researched, it is full of information which will surprise both economists and gardeners. The book is fun as well as edifying Floud shows us gardens grand and humble, and introduces us gardeners, plantsmen and technologies in wonderful varieties. Jane Humphries, Centennial Professor, London School of EconomicsAt least since the seventeenth century, most of the English population have been unable to stop making, improving and dreaming of gardens. Yet in all the thousands of books about them, this is the first to address seriously the question of how much gardens and gardening have cost, and to work out the place of gardens in the economic, as well as the horticultural, life of the nation. It is a new kind of gardening history.Beginning with the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, Roderick Floud describes the role of the monarchy and central and local government in creating gardens, as well as that of the (generally aristocratic or plutocratic)...

Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale; Classification: HBTB; Weight: 462 g; Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 29

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