{"product_id":"garden-citiesbooks","title":"Garden Cities","description":"Garden Cities: the phrase is redolent of Arts and Crafts values and nineteenth-century utopianism. But despite being the culmination of a range of influential movements, and having global influence themselves, in fact there were only ever two true, self-contained Garden Cities in England – far more numerous were Garden Suburbs and Villages. Crystallised in England by planning visionary Ebenezer Howard and executed largely by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin, the movement arose from nineteenth-century settlements like Port Sunlight (and, earlier, Saltaire and Akroyden), and also from the City Beautiful movement in the US; the settlements were designed to promote healthy individual and community life, as well as commerce and industry, and were – and are – instantly recognizable. This book is a beautifully illustrated guide to the movement as a whole, from its earliest influences through practical difficulties in implementation to the continuing vitality of the conurbations which are its legacy.","brand":"Rutherford, Sarah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ History","offer_id":52617535258848,"sku":null,"price":11.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_4c58e8a0-6147-45b1-b8eb-76cdeace20f3.jpg?v=1778593360","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/garden-citiesbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}