03047nam 2200637Ia 450 991081322310332120240410024120.01-283-59817-597866139106221-61117-213-6(CKB)2670000000246245(OCoLC)815481459(CaPaEBR)ebrary10602536(SSID)ssj0000736291(PQKBManifestationID)11418328(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736291(PQKBWorkID)10767582(PQKB)11452134(MdBmJHUP)muse29367(Au-PeEL)EBL2054780(CaPaEBR)ebr10602536(CaONFJC)MIL391062(OCoLC)910069667(MiAaPQ)EBC2054780(EXLCZ)99267000000024624520050107d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAliens in the backyard plant and animal imports into America /John Leland1st ed.Columbia, SC University of South Carolina Pressc20051 online resource (248 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-57003-582-2 1-57003-958-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-228) and index.Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- As American as Apple Pie: An Introduction to Weeds -- Out of Africa: How Slavery Transformed the American Landscape and Diet -- A Green Nightmare: The Un-American Lawn -- A Sow's Ear from a Silk Purse: The Legacy of Sericulture -- Psychedelic Gardens: What Grandmother Grew in Her Backyard -- Bad Air and Worse Science: Malaria's Gifts to America -- Bioterror: Older Than You Think -- Cowboys: And Their Alien Habits -- . . . and Indians: Less Native Than You Think -- An Entangled Bank: Roadside Weeds -- House Pests: Some of Those Who Share Your Quarters -- It Seemed a Good Idea at the Time: The Well-Intentioned Ecological Disaster -- Misplaced Americans: As Rootless as the Humans Who Invited Them In -- Gone Fishin': An Unnatural Pastime -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.Leland's ode to survival reveals how plant and animal immigrants have made the country as much an environmental melting pot as its famed melding of human cultures, and he invites us to reconsider what it means to be American.Biological invasionsUnited StatesAlien plantsUnited StatesIntroduced animalsUnited StatesBiological invasionsAlien plantsIntroduced animals578.6/2Leland John1950-1618487MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813223103321Aliens in the backyard3950242UNINA