American Green : The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn,9780393060843

American Green : The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn

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ISBN13: 9780393060843
ISBN10: 0393060845
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-03-01
Publisher(s): W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary

The rise of perfect lawn represents one of the most profound transformations in the history of the American landscape. American Green-Ted Steinberg's witty expose of this bizarre phenomenon-traces the history of the lawn from its explosion in the postwar suburban community of Levittown to the present dangerous love affair with turf colorants, leaf blowers, and riding mowers. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Ted Steinberg is an environmental historian at Case Western Reserve University

Table of Contents

Prologue xi
I. The Origins
Live Free and Mow
3(14)
The Levitt Legacy
17(22)
``Mother Nature's Little Helper''
39(24)
The Color of Money
63(20)
The Augusta Syndrome
83(24)
II. The Dark Side
``First-Aid for the Earth''
107(26)
Blades of Thunder
133(24)
Mow, Blow, and Go
157(22)
III. The Future
The Suburban Jungle
179(22)
The Case for Brown
201(26)
Epilogue 227(4)
Notes 231(48)
Acknowledgments 279(2)
Illustration Credits 281(2)
Index 283

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