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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b5764209.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-237) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Americans Adopt the Front-Lawn Aesthetic. 1. The Introduction of Lawns to America. 2. Garden Clubs, Golf, and the USDA. 3. Advertising the Front Lawn -- pt. 2. The Democratization of the Lawn. 4. The Growth of the American Lawn-Care Industry. 5. Men, Women, and Front Lawns. 6. The War Between Man and Nature. 7. The Age of High-Tech Horticulture.".
- catalog extent "x, 246 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Lawn.".
- catalog identifier "1560983221".
- catalog identifier "1560984066 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Lawn.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press,".
- catalog relation "Lawn.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "716 20".
- catalog subject "Lawns United States History.".
- catalog subject "SB433 .J46 1994".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Americans Adopt the Front-Lawn Aesthetic. 1. The Introduction of Lawns to America. 2. Garden Clubs, Golf, and the USDA. 3. Advertising the Front Lawn -- pt. 2. The Democratization of the Lawn. 4. The Growth of the American Lawn-Care Industry. 5. Men, Women, and Front Lawns. 6. The War Between Man and Nature. 7. The Age of High-Tech Horticulture.".
- catalog title "The lawn : a history of an American obsession / Virginia Scott Jenkins.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".