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American green : the obsessive quest for the perfect lawn
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American green : the obsessive quest for the perfect lawn

Author: Theodore Steinberg
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2006.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
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Blending muckraking journalism and social history, Steinberg looks at both the lighter and the darker side of the all-American landscape in this witty expose, from mower accidents and pesticide  Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Theodore Steinberg
ISBN: 0393060845 9780393060843
OCLC Number: 61499989
Description: xv, 295 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: [pt. 1.] The origins --
Live free and mow --
The Levitt legacy --
"Mother nature's little helper" --
The color of money --
The Augusta syndrome --
[pt. 2.] The dark side --
"First-aid for the earth" --
Blades of thunder --
Mow, blow, and go --
[pt. 3.] The future --
The suburban jungle --
The case for brown.
Responsibility: Ted Steinberg.
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