Weeds: An Environmental History of Metropolitan America

by Zachary J.S. Falck

Book Overview

As long as humans have existed, they've worked and competed with plants to shape their surroundings. As cities developed and expanded, their diverse spaces were covered with and colored by weeds. In Weeds, Zachary J. S. Falck presents a comprehensive history of "happenstance plants" in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, he examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822944057
• ISBN13: 9780822944058
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"