Fruits and Plains

The Horticultural Transformation of America

Philip J. Pauly

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$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

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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

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