{"product_id":"follies-in-america","title":"Follies in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFollies in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eexamines historicized garden buildings, known as \"follies,\" from the nation's founding through the American centennial celebration in 1876.\u003c\/b\u003e In a period of increasing nationalism, follies—such as temples, summerhouses, towers, and ruins—brought a range of European architectural styles to the United States. By imprinting the land with symbols of European culture, landscape gardeners brought their idea of civilization to the American wilderness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKerry Dean Carso's interdisciplinary approach in \u003ci\u003eFollies in America\u003c\/i\u003e examines both buildings and their counterparts in literature and art, demonstrating that follies provide a window into major themes in nineteenth-century American culture, including tensions between Jeffersonian agrarianism and urban life, the ascendancy of middle-class tourism, and gentility and social class aspirations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Kerry Dean Carso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572675248310,"sku":"9781501755934","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9781501755934_6d9fb13e-8f8d-423a-8898-6b5ec858828c.jpg?v=1728050898","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/follies-in-america","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}