Cover: Fruits and Plains: The Horticultural Transformation of America, from Harvard University PressCover: Fruits and Plains in HARDCOVER

Fruits and Plains

The Horticultural Transformation of America

Product Details

HARDCOVER

Print on Demand

$62.00 • £53.95 • €56.95

ISBN 9780674026636

Publication Date: 02/28/2008

Short

352 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

37 halftones, 6 line illustrations, 11 maps

World

Add to Cart

Media Requests:

Related Subjects

  • List of Illustrations
  • 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 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

Awards & Accolades

  • 2009 Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Literature Award, General Interest Category

Share This

Political Disappointment: A Cultural History from Reconstruction to the AIDS Crisis, by Sara Marcus, from Harvard University Press

Recent News

Black lives matter. Black voices matter. A statement from HUP »

From Our Blog

Jacket: Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500, by Peter Wilson, from Harvard University Press

A Lesson in German Military History with Peter Wilson

In his landmark book Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500, acclaimed historian Peter H. Wilson offers a masterful reappraisal of German militarism and warfighting over the last five centuries, leading to the rise of Prussia and the world wars. Below, Wilson answers our questions about this complex history,