The lawn
Subtitle: a history of an American obsession
By: Virginia Scott Jenkins.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: Lawns -- United States -- History
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-237) and index.