From yard to garden
Subtitle: the domestication of America's home grounds
By: Christopher Grampp.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Center books on American places -- 13
Publisher: Center for American Places at Columbia College Chicago; Distributed by the University of Chicago Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781930066748
Subjects: Gardening -- United States; Gardens, American; Gardens -- Design; Landscape architecture
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: From dooryard to urban yard; title: The front yard beautiful; title: The back yard sanctified; title: The modern yard emerges; title: A back yard family room; title: The suburban yard under fire; title: California and the inside-out house; title: Sunset magazine and the outdoor room; title: A private world; title: Garden or desert?; title: The common interest landscape.