Weeds
Edwards, Nina (Freelance writer)2015
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We spray them, pluck them, and bury them under mulch; and we curse their resilience when they spring back into place. To most of us, weeds are a nuisance, not worth the dirt they are growing in. But the fact is weeds are a plant just like any other, and it is only we who designate them as a weed or not, as a plant we will dote over or one we will tear out of the earth with abandon. And as Nina Edwards shows in this history, that designation is constantly changing. Balancing popular history with botanical science, she tells the story of the lowly, but proud, weed, a story that is just as much about the kinds of attitudes we foster toward the plants we grow and those we try to suppress.
Main title:
Weeds / Nina Edwards.
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Imprint:
London : Reaktion Books, 2015.
Collation:
240 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780234274 (hbk)
Dewey class:
632.5632.5 EDWA
Language:
English
BRN:
2209279
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