Defiant gardens : making gardens in wartime / Kenneth I. Helphand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helphand, Kenneth I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--History--20th century.

Gardens.

Gardens and war--History--20th century.

Gardens and war.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 303 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

San Antonio, Tex. : Trinity University Press, [2006]

Summary:

Why is it that in the midst of a war, one can still find gardens? In the most brutal environments, both stateside and on the battlefield, they continue to flourish. Wartime gardens are dramatic examples of what Kenneth I. Helphand calls "defiant gardens" -- gardens created in extreme social, political, economic, or cultural conditions. Illustrated with archival photos, this remarkable book examines gardens of war in the 20th century, including gardens built behind the trenches in World War I, in the Warsaw and other ghettos during World War II, and in Japanese-American internment camps, as well as gardens created by soldiers at their bases and encampments during wars in the Persian Gulf, Vietnam, and Korea. Proving that gardens are far more than peaceful respites from the outside world, "Defiant Gardens" is a thought-provoking analysis of why people create natural spaces.

Contents:

War and gardens

Trench gardens : the Western Front in World War I

Ghetto gardens : Nazi Europe, 1939-44

Barbed-wire gardens : Allied prisoners of war and civilian internees in Europe and Asia in the world wars

Stone gardens : Japanese American internment camps, 1942-45

Postwar : gardens after the war

Digging deeper : the spriit of defiant gardens.

Digging deeper : life, home, hope, work, and beauty in defiant gardens.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-287) and index.

ISBN:

1595340211

9781595340214

OCLC:

62804667