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The tulip / Anna Pavord.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 20th anniversary editionDescription: xi, 467 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781635573909
  • 1635573904
  • 9781526602688
  • 1526602687
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Contents:
Part I. A flower of the East -- The tulip in Northern Europe -- Early British growers -- The Dutch and tulipomania -- Dutch dominance -- The English florists' tulip -- The last hundred years -- Part II. Tulips : the species -- Tulip cultivars -- Chronology of tulips.
Summary: "A twentieth anniversary edition of the classic, featuring new material by the author. Anna Pavord's internationally bestselling sensation, The Tulip, is the story of a flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into a worldwide phenomenon. Today, the United States alone imports three thousand million tulip bulbs each year. No other flower has ever carried so much consequence; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behavior, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Why did the tulip dominate so many lives through so many centuries in so many countries? Anna Pavord, a self-confessed tulipomaniac, spent six years looking for answers, roaming through Asia, India, and the Ottoman Empire to tell how a humble wildflower of the Asian steppes made its way to Turkey and from there took the whole of Western Europe by storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this irresistible volume has become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift book, and a joy to all who possess it. This beautifully redesigned edition features a new Preface by the author, a completely revised listing of the best varieties of this incomparable flower to choose for your garden, and a reorganized listing of tulip species, to reflect the latest thinking by taxonomists."--
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB410.L729 P28 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800178717
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 435-449) and index.

Part I. A flower of the East -- The tulip in Northern Europe -- Early British growers -- The Dutch and tulipomania -- Dutch dominance -- The English florists' tulip -- The last hundred years -- Part II. Tulips : the species -- Tulip cultivars -- Chronology of tulips.

"A twentieth anniversary edition of the classic, featuring new material by the author. Anna Pavord's internationally bestselling sensation, The Tulip, is the story of a flower that has driven men mad. Greed, desire, anguish, and devotion have all played their part in the development of the tulip into a worldwide phenomenon. Today, the United States alone imports three thousand million tulip bulbs each year. No other flower has ever carried so much consequence; it charts political upheavals, illuminates social behavior, mirrors economic booms and busts, plots the ebb and flow of religious persecution. Why did the tulip dominate so many lives through so many centuries in so many countries? Anna Pavord, a self-confessed tulipomaniac, spent six years looking for answers, roaming through Asia, India, and the Ottoman Empire to tell how a humble wildflower of the Asian steppes made its way to Turkey and from there took the whole of Western Europe by storm. Sumptuously illustrated from a wide range of sources, this irresistible volume has become a bible, a unique source book, a universal gift book, and a joy to all who possess it. This beautifully redesigned edition features a new Preface by the author, a completely revised listing of the best varieties of this incomparable flower to choose for your garden, and a reorganized listing of tulip species, to reflect the latest thinking by taxonomists."--

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