This work was written and compiled by the then Secretary of the Garden Cities and Town Planning Association in 1913. It shows just how much the conception of the garden city had been broadened from Howardrsquo;s original texts. Indeed the Associationrsquo;s own name had been broadened to add the newly emergent practice and theory of town planning to the original focus. Alongside the garden city; recognition is now given to the burgeoning numbers of garden suburbs and garden villages. Many examples of these are identified and briefly described; including many which are small and now little known; greatly adding to the interest of the publication. Even the underlying arguments for such developments differ. Alongside the more altruistic arguments in favour of reform; there are now those which explicitly emphasise the need to ensure a healthy race to maintain the Empire.
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful. My Personal ThoughtsBy StregeThis was not what I had anticipated after hearing the authors NPR interview. I suppose for some; it might be interesting; but I had expected much more and not as much of a biographical work from the author.9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Bug MusicBy Alan R. DrengsonIn Bug Music Rothenberg explores the storied; sonic and acoustic relationships between insects and humans. As a jazz musician and philosopher of nature and technology; he recounts extensive journeys in scholarship and the comparative study of nature and song from a variety of artistic; cultural and natural settings. He listens to bug music and experiments playing along with his own instruments for bugs like katydids and crickets. Bug Music is a delight. It is natural inquiry practice of the highest and deepest kind: A summit achievement! Rothenberg shows how much joy there is in this deep; complex approach to understanding ourselves and the natural world. This valuable project gives us Rothenbergs energetic performance of jazz with beings in Nature. The book is enhanced by excellent formulas; charts; illustrations and pictures to help us appreciate the complexity and beauty of this music and noise. We are led to a deeper; more unified connection with the natural world and its diverse beings. The available CD is a challenging; provocative and creative engagement.This is the final volume of a Rothenberg trilogy which includes Why Birds Sing: A Journey into the Mystery of Bird Song (2006 Basic Books) and Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound (2010 Basic Books).Alan Drengson;May 11; 20131 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great addition to studies of the Insect World and Relationship between Human and Insect CulturesBy Kathleen OConnorIngenious reflection on the natural rhythms/sounds/calls of insects and human musical rhythms written by a musician. Im currently writing a book on animal emotion and sentience in world religions and this aspect will surely be added to my examination of animal sentience. We often dismiss the insect world (when we not trying to exterminate it wholesale); but there have been significant scientific and cultural treatments of the megasocieties of insects recently. Im thinking of the great naturalist philosopher E. O. Wilsons works on world ecology such as Biophilia and his own specialty on Ant societies. This discussion of "Bug Music" is part of that wider discourse.
