"Defiant Gardens" examines gardens of war in the twentieth century, including gardens built behind the trenches in World War I, in the ghettos during World War II, and in Japanese-American internment camps in the US, as well as gardens created by soldiers at their bases and encampments during the Gulf War, Vietnam, Korea and the Second World Wars.

About the Author
Kenneth I Helphand is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Oregon. He is the author of several previous books, and the former editor of Landscape Journal. A fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, he is also an honorary member of the Israel Association of Landscape Architects.

Reviews
"An incredible and deply moving history of the ways in which soldiers and civilians, often in the most grievous and immiserated circumstances, have created little pockets of horticultural hope throughout the twentieth century... The photographs alone are extraordinary, but the chronicles of imaginative resistance are almost beyond belief. (New Statesman)


Awards
Winner of American Society of Landscape Architecture Award of Excellence in Research 2008 and Environmental Design Research Association Research Award 2008 and American Horticultural Society Book Award 2008 and Foundation for Landscape Studies John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize 2008 and ForeWord Magazine's Silver Medal (history) 2008 and Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Literature Award 2008 and Garden Writers Association Gold Award 2008. Commended for Portland Oregonian Bestseller 2008 and New Statesman Best Book of the Year 2008.



Book Information
ISBN 9781595340450
Author Kenneth I. Helphand
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Trinity University Press,U.S.
Publisher Trinity University Press,U.S.
Weight(grams) 765g