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02678cam a2200241 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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0000060600 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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0001 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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090828s2011 enka b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780415496872 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
DLC |
| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| Modifying agency |
DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
pcc |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
712.095 |
| Edition number |
22 |
| 084 ## - OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
712.095 |
| Item number |
TUR-A |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Turner, Tom |
| Fuller form of name |
(Thomas Henry Duke), |
| Dates associated with a name |
1946- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Asian gardens |
| Medium |
[Book] : |
| Remainder of title |
history, beliefs, and design / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Tom Turner. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon. ; |
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New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Routledge, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xii, 336 p. : |
| Other physical details |
col. ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
26 cm. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
The gardens made on the fringes of Central Asia in the past 5000 years form a great arc. From the Fertile Crescent, it runs west to Europe and east to China and Japan. Asia's fringe was a zone of interchange: a vast landscape in which herders encountered farmers and the design of symbolic gardens began. It appears that as they became settlers, nomads retained a love of mobility, hunting and the wild places in which their ancestors had roamed. Central Asian and Indian ideas influenced the garden culture of China, Japan and South East Asia. In West Asia, Aryan settlers made hunting parks known as paradises. They were walled enclosures stocked with exotic plants and animals. In East Asia, great landscape parks were used for similar purposes and had a sacred role. Across Asia, gardens were influenced by religious and other beliefs: polytheist, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Daoist, Shinto and Modernist. Early parks and gardens symbolized wild and civilized nature, sometimes conceived as the realms of the Sky God and the Earth Mother. Asian Gardens: History, Beliefs and Design explores the ways in which designs were guided by beliefs. Tom Turner has been researching and teaching the theory and history of garden design for some forty years. His visits, research, drawings and photographs are brought together in detailed studies of West Asia, South Asia and East Asia. The period covered extends from the earliest gardens to the present. Using maps, diagrams and photographs, the author explores how and why Asian gardens developed their characteristic forms and functions. Treating garden design as a 'word and image'subject, the account is coherent, comparative and readable. Further details of all the gardens are available on the gardenvisit.com website, which the author edits. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
All. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Gardens |
| Geographic subdivision |
Asia |
| General subdivision |
History. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Gardens |
| Geographic subdivision |
Asia |
| General subdivision |
Design. |
| 852 ## - LOCATION |
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| Piece designation |
43664 |
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5176.00 |
| Classification part |
712.095 TUR-A |
| Sublocation or collection |
Ground Floor |
| Former shelving location |
Books |
| Copy number |
1 |
| Piece physical condition |
1-New |
| Location |
JZL-CUI |
