Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
An Environmental History of Metropolitan America
Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 408 g
Reihe: History of the Urban Environment
ISBN: 978-0-8229-6402-5
Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
Zachary J. S. Falck presents a comprehensive history of “happenstance plants” in American urban environments. Beginning in the late nineteenth century and continuing to the present, he examines the proliferation, perception, and treatment of weeds in metropolitan centers from Boston to Los Angeles.
,BR>In the twenty-first century, Falck shows that nature continues to flourish where humans have struggled: in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in the abandoned homes of the California housing bust, and alongside crumbling infrastructure. Weeds are here to stay.
