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Trees in paradise : a California history

Title
Trees in paradise : a California history / Jared Farmer.
Author
Farmer, Jared, 1974-
Publication
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]

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Description
xl, 552 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates; 24 cm
Summary
Describes how the first settlers in California changed the brown landscape there by creating groves, wooded suburbs and landscaped cities through planting eucalypts in the lowlands, citrus colonies in the south and palms in Los Angeles
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part One. Redwoods : The Value of Longevity -- Twilight of the giants -- The perpetual last stand -- Part Two. Eucalypts : The Taxonomy of Belonging -- Immigration and naturalization -- Natives, aliens, and (bio)diversity -- Part Three. Citruses : The Industry of Growth -- Orange revolution -- Cultural costs -- Part Four. Palms : The Ecology of Style -- Cosmopolitan fronds -- Aesthetic infrastructure -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Common and Scientific Names of Species.
Call Number
IXG 13-7357
ISBN
  • 9780393078022 (hardcover)
  • 0393078027 (hardcover)
LCCN
2013021309
OCLC
829738439
Author
Farmer, Jared, 1974-
Title
Trees in paradise : a California history / Jared Farmer.
Publisher
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Edition
First Edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
IXG 13-7357
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