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Weeds

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The true story and true glories of the plants we love to hate From dandelions to crabgrass, stinging nettles to poison ivy, weeds are familiar, pervasive, widely despised, and seemingly invincible. How did they come to be the villains of the natural world? And why can the same plant be considered beautiful in some places but be deemed a menace in others? In ; and he explains how kudzu overtook the American South, how poppies sprang up in First World War battlefields, and how American weed replaced the forests of Vietnam ravaged by Agent Orange. Hailed as a profound and sympathetic meditation on weeds in relation to human beings (), Weeds shows how useful these unloved plants can be, from serving as the first crops and medicines, to bur-dock inspiring the invention of Velcro, to cow parsley becoming the latest fashionable wedding adornment. Mabey argues that we have caused plants to become weeds through our reckless treatment of the earth, and he delivers a provocative defense of the plants we love to hate.
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  • Jumlah Halaman

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    Penerbit

    Harper Collins

  • Tanggal Terbit

    14 Mar, 2015

    Penulis
    Richard Mabey
  • Bahasa

    Indonesia

    ISBN

    SCOOPG69529

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