{"product_id":"9781442654518","title":"Compassionate Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the top of the Clent Hills in England, one can look out over   the Black Country to the north and the Forest of Arden to the south. As a boy   Humphrey Carver looked at these two landscapes – one synonymous with the harsh   ugliness and dehumanization brought by industry, the other with idyllic harmony   between man and land. At the start of the depression Carver came to Canada where, in   many and varied ways, he has tried to bring the qualities of humanity and compassion   to the landscape shaped by the man. His career has involved him in the initiation   of, and contact with, almost everything that has happened in the last forty years in   the field of housing, planning, design, and urban and community action. This book is   a history of the development of an awareness, of institutions, and of policies on   the shaping of the man-made environment. It is however more than that. Mr Carver   describes his own life and sensibilities, his family and his colleagues, with a   trained and compassionate eye and a taut and careful prose. Rarely does one   encounter an autobiography of such perceptive and satisfying craftsmanship. Those   who know him will not be surprised; those who do not will be delighted to discover a   work of such a warm and sympathetic humanity. Humphrey Carver has a message for us   all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128549785840,"sku":"9781442654518","price":41.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442654518_p0.jpg?v=1763807115","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442654518","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}