The Lawn

A History of an American Obsession

Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Gardening, Lawns, History, Americas, United States
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Author: Virginia Jenkins ISBN: 9781588345165
Publisher: Smithsonian Publication: May 26, 2015
Imprint: Smithsonian Books Language: English
Author: Virginia Jenkins
ISBN: 9781588345165
Publisher: Smithsonian
Publication: May 26, 2015
Imprint: Smithsonian Books
Language: English

Lawns now blanket thirty million acres of the United States, but until the late nineteenth century few Americans had any desire for a front lawn, much less access to seeds for growing one. In her comprehensive history of this uniquely American obsession, Virginia Scott Jenkins traces the origin of the front lawn aesthetic, the development of the lawn-care industry, its environmental impact, and modern as well as historic alternatives to lawn mania.

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Lawns now blanket thirty million acres of the United States, but until the late nineteenth century few Americans had any desire for a front lawn, much less access to seeds for growing one. In her comprehensive history of this uniquely American obsession, Virginia Scott Jenkins traces the origin of the front lawn aesthetic, the development of the lawn-care industry, its environmental impact, and modern as well as historic alternatives to lawn mania.

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