City bountiful : a century of community gardening in America / Laura J. Lawson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawson, Laura J., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community gardens--United States--History--20th century.

Community gardens.

Gardens--United States--History--20th century.

Gardens.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1890's, providing places for people to garden has been an inventive strategy to improve American urban conditions. There have been vacant-lot gardens, school gardens, Depression-era relief gardens, victory gardens, and community gardens - each representing a consistent impulse to return to gardening during times of social and economic change. In this critical history of community gardening in America, the most comprehensive review of the greening of urban communities to date, Laura J. Lawson documents the evolution of urban garden programs in the United States. Her vibrant narrative

Contents:

illustrations; tables; preface and acknowledgments; introduction: Garden Patches in American Cities; part I: Early Urban Garden Programs, 1890's to 1917; part II: National Urban Garden Campaigns, 1917 to 1945; part III: Gardening for Community, 1945 to the Present; conclusion: Sustaining a City Bountiful; notes; index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-345) and index.

ISBN:

1-59734-542-3

0-520-93155-6

1-4175-8509-9

OCLC:

614781348