Aliens in the backyard : plant and animal imports into America / / John Leland
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| Autore: |
Leland John <1950->
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| Titolo: |
Aliens in the backyard : plant and animal imports into America / / John Leland
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| Pubblicazione: | Columbia, SC, : University of South Carolina Press, c2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 578.6/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Biological invasions - United States |
| Alien plants - United States | |
| Introduced animals - United States | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-228) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Aliens in the backyard |
| ISBN: | 1-283-59817-5 |
| 9786613910622 | |
| 1-61117-213-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910813223103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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