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Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2007.Description: xi, 336 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674026636 (alk. paper)
  • 0674026632 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB319 .P38 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Culture and degeneracy: failures in Jefferson's garden -- The United States' first invasive species: the Hessian fly as a national and international issue -- The development of American culture, with special reference to fruit -- Fixing the accidents of American natural history: tree culture and the problem of the prairie -- Immigrant aid: naturalizing plants in the nineteenth century -- Mixed borders: a political history of plant quarantine -- Gardening American landscapes: from Hyde Park to Curtis Prairie -- The horticultural construction of Florida -- Culturing nature in the twentieth century -- America the beautiful.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB468.3 .P28 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800059016
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-326) and index.

Culture and degeneracy: failures in Jefferson's garden -- The United States' first invasive species: the Hessian fly as a national and international issue -- The development of American culture, with special reference to fruit -- Fixing the accidents of American natural history: tree culture and the problem of the prairie -- Immigrant aid: naturalizing plants in the nineteenth century -- Mixed borders: a political history of plant quarantine -- Gardening American landscapes: from Hyde Park to Curtis Prairie -- The horticultural construction of Florida -- Culturing nature in the twentieth century -- America the beautiful.

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