People′s Parks

Introduction - Hazel Conway and Paul Rabbitts 1)Public parks and municipal parks 2)The need for parks 3)Pioneering parks development 4)The park movement 5)Design and designers 6)Lodges, bandstands and the cultivation of virtue 7)Local pride and patriotism 8)Plants and park maintenance 9)Permitted pastimes 10)Recreation grounds, parks and the urban environment 11)Public parks 1885 -1914 12)Later municipal park designers 13)Garden cities and the new towns movement 14)Sport, physical activity and recreation in public parks in the inter-war years 15)Parks management - a changing perspective 16)Decline, revival and renewal - the role of parks in 21st century Britain Appendix A Summary of main legislation promoting early park development Appendix B Chronology of main municipal and public park developments between 1800 and 1885 Bibliography About the authors Notes Acknowledgement of subscribers and supporters Index