LEADER 03047nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910813223103321 005 20240410024120.0 010 $a1-283-59817-5 010 $a9786613910622 010 $a1-61117-213-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000246245 035 $a(OCoLC)815481459 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10602536 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000736291 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11418328 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000736291 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10767582 035 $a(PQKB)11452134 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29367 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2054780 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10602536 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL391062 035 $a(OCoLC)910069667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2054780 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000246245 100 $a20050107d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAliens in the backyard $eplant and animal imports into America /$fJohn Leland 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia, SC $cUniversity of South Carolina Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (248 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-57003-582-2 311 $a1-57003-958-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [201]-228) and index. 327 $aCover -- 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. 330 $aLeland'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. 606 $aBiological invasions$zUnited States 606 $aAlien plants$zUnited States 606 $aIntroduced animals$zUnited States 615 0$aBiological invasions 615 0$aAlien plants 615 0$aIntroduced animals 676 $a578.6/2 700 $aLeland$b John$f1950-$01618487 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813223103321 996 $aAliens in the backyard$93950242 997 $aUNINA