Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly.
Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly.
Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2007.
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N635.0973/4
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English
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xi, 336 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Taking the History of American Horticulture Seriously -- 1. Culture and Degeneracy: Failures in Jefferson's Garden -- 2. The United States' First Invasive Species: The Hessian Fly as a National and International Issue -- 3. The Development of American Culture, with Special Reference to...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, c2007.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
c2007.
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"In telling the histories of Concord grapes and Japanese cherry trees, the problem of the prairie and the war on the medfly, Pauly hopes to provide a new understanding of not only how horticulture shaped the vegetation around us, but how it influenced our experiences of the native, the naturalized, and the alien - and how better to manage the lands...
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Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N635.0973/4
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74VMQ3op66dM
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9780674026636 (alk. paper)
0674026632 (alk. paper)
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635.0973
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991000462549702626
