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The Olmsted National Historic Site and the Growth of Historic Landscape Preservation
David Grayson Allen

Northeastern, 2007

Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the genius behind New York's Central Park. In 1883 Olmsted established "Fairsted" in suburban Boston, the world's first full-scale professional office for the practice of landscape design. Over the course of the next century, his sons and successors sustained and expanded upon Olmsted's design ideals, philosophy, and influence. His son, F. L. ...

Accounting for Success: A History of Price Waterhouse in America, 1890-1990

1 review
David Grayson Allen, Kathleen McDermott

Harvard Business School Press, 1993

Living History
If you want to learn more about the history of one of the first "global" accounting firms in America this book is it. FYI, I met my future wife while working at PW which was an excellent beginning to my career.

Diary of John Quincy Adams: Volumes 1 and 2, November 1779 - December 1788 (Adams Papers)

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John Quincy Adams

Belknap Press, 1981

JQA Diaries
John Quincy Adams gave us a gift- the diary he left us. Beginning as a teenager and lasting until his death, what we see here is the spirit of this man who opposed slavery, advocated equal rights in the face of fierce opposition and argued the first civil rights case before the Supreme Court. Here are the words of the man who did so much for us. Read them.

In English Ways: The Movement of Societies and the Transferal of English Local Law and Custom to ...

1 review
David Grayson Allen

Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1981

A Detailed and Well-Written Study
In this work, David Grayson Allen examines how Puritan communities brought the economic and social structures of towns in Old England to towns in New England. Allen details how different English communities rebuilt themselves in America. Allen then briefly outlines what factors ultimately encouraged a degree of homogeneity among these distinctive New England towns. For even more statistical ...