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Autore principale: | Pauly, Philip J.
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Titolo: | Fruits and plains : the horticultural transformation of America / Philip J. Pauly. |
Pubblicazione: | Cambridge (Massachusetts) : Harvard university press, c2007. |
Descrizione fisica: | XI, 336 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm |
Contiene: | Indice: List of illustrations. Introduction: Taking the history of American horticulture seriously. 1. Culture and degenarcy: 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 fruit 4. Fixing the accidents of American natural history: tree culture and the problem of the prairie 5. Immigrant aid: naturalizing plants in the nineteenth century 6. Mixed borders: a political history of plant quarantine 7. Gardening American landscapes: from Hyde park to Curtis prairie 8. The horticultural construction of Florida 9. Culturing nature in the twentieth century 10. America the beautiful. Notes. Acknowledgments. Index |
ISBN: | 9780674026636 |
Discipline: | Agronomia--Studi specifici. |
Luoghi: | Stati Uniti. |
Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XIX. Secolo XX. |
Collocazione: | LS 17217 |
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