TY - BOOK AU - Downing,Sarah Jane TI - The English pleasure garden, 1660-1860 T2 - Shire library SN - 9780747806998 U1 - 712.5094 DOW PY - 2009/// PB - Shire KW - Urban parks KW - England KW - History KW - 17th century KW - 18th century KW - 19th century N1 - Includes index; Includes index N2 - This title tells the story of pleasure gardens, explaining their beginnings in the 17th century, their rising social importance, the variety of entertainment contained within, and their eventual decline into seedy hangouts for gamblers, thieves and prostitutes ER -