Fruits and plains: the horticultural transformation of america
Auteur :
Pauly, Philip J.
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674026636
Date de publication :
1 févr. 2008
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In telling the histories of Concord grapes and Japanese cherry trees, the problem of the prairie and the war on the Medfly, Pauly hopes to provide a new understanding of not only how horticulture shaped the vegetation around us, but how it influenced our experiences of the native, the naturalized, and the alien.