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Lawn: A History of an American Obsession Book

Lawn: A History of an American Obsession
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Lawn: A History of an American Obsession, 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, , Lawn: A History of an American Obsession
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  • Lawn: A History of an American Obsession
  • Written by author Virginia Scott Jenkins
  • Published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 5/28/2000
  • 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,
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Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
Pt. 1 Americans Adopt the Front-Lawn Aesthetic
1 The Introduction of Lawns to America 9
2 Garden Clubs, Golf, and the USDA 35
3 Advertising the Front Lawn 63
Pt. 2 The Democratization of the Lawn
4 The Growth of the American Lawn-Care Industry 91
5 Men, Women, and Front Lawns 117
6 The War Between Man and Nature 133
7 The Age of High-Tech Horticulture 159
Conclusion 183
Notes 189
Index 239


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