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Nancy Mary Fairbrother (1913–1971) was an English writer and lecturer on landscape and land use. She was a Member of the UK Institute of Landscape Architects, now the Landscape Institute.

Nancy Mary Fairbrother (1913–1971) was an English writer and lecturer on landscape and land use. Her brother (James Alick (Rex) Fairbrother) was also a landscape architect. Fairbrother was born in Coventry, England, and attended the University of London, graduating with honours in English.

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397p blue cloth with silver lettering, from a Cambridge college library with remains of labels on spine, stamps and bookplate, pages unmarked with many b&w plates, binding firm, very good.

Select Format: Hardcover. 397p blue cloth with silver lettering, from a Cambridge college library with remains of labels on spine, stamps and bookplate, pages unmarked with many b&w plates, binding firm, very good. ISBN13:9780851394831.

Fairbrother"s influence on planners, landscape architects, and educators continues today: in 2009, British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland Learning produced two programmes in their Industry series (first televised in January 2009), titled New lives, new landscapes, an acknowledgment of Fairbrother"s contribution.

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But one picture is worth many (of even Mrs. Fairbrother's) words and she has chosen the photographs brilliantly.

English writer and journalist, author of New Lives:New Landscapes. Her brother, Rex Fairbrother, taught landscape architecture at Manchester and then in Australia. Nan Fairbrother also wrote a book on Men and gardens. Nan Fairbrother argues that since the patterns of our lives have changed, profoundly, it is necessary to facilitate evolution of the surrounding landscape. The photographs and captions in her book reveal a keen observation and ready wit.

The author is not a Marxist but she introduced me to the notion that much of our landscape is socially created as well as owned! I use to drive the ramblers to distraction, as they went into raptures about some lower spotted warbling thing, I would wonder about how the landscape was affected.

The author is not a Marxist but she introduced me to the notion that much of our landscape is socially created as well as owned! I use to drive the ramblers to distraction, as they went into raptures about some lower spotted warbling thing, I would wonder about how the landscape was affected by changes in agriculture practice. The classic class struggles being the highland clearances and enclosure. But we all just to agree about the need to protect footpaths! ( )

Author of Men and gardens, New lives, new landscapes, The cheerful day, An English year, Shelter, Connexions, Children in the house, The nature of landscape design.

Author of Men and gardens, New lives, new landscapes, The cheerful day, An English year, Shelter, Connexions, Children in the house, The nature of landscape design. My Reading Log. My Lists. Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks? Men and gardens.