Weeds : An Environmental History of Metropolitan America / Zachary Falck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Falck, Zachary, author.

Series:

History of the urban environment ; Volume 66.

History of the Urban Environment Series ; Volume 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Weeds--Social aspects--United States.

Weeds.

Urban ecology (Sociology)--United States.

Urban ecology (Sociology).

Cities and towns--United States--Growth.

Cities and towns.

United States--Environmental conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 256 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive history of "happenstance plants" in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, Falck examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment of weeds in metropolitan centers from Boston to Los Angeles.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction. Placing Weeds in History

Chapter One. Urban Growth and Ecological Time

Chapter Two. Human Weeds in Industrializing America

Chapter Three. Creating Ragweed Frontiers

Chapter Four. Weed Capitals of the World

Conclusion. A Brief History of Weeds in the Twenty-First Century

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780822977728

0822977729

OCLC:

794700654