Main entry:

Lawson, Laura J., 1966-

Title & Author:

City bountiful : a century of community gardening in America / Laura J. Lawson.

Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.

Description:

xix, 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-345) and index.
Introduction. Garden Patches in American Cities -- Part I. Early Urban Garden Programs, 1890s to 1917: Introduction -- An Alternative to Charity: The Vacant-Lot Cultivation Association -- The School Garden Movement -- The Goodness of Gardening: Gardens as Civic Improvement -- Part II. National Urban Garden Campaigns, 1917 to 1945: Introduction -- Patriotic Volunteerism: The War Garden Campaign -- An Antidote for Idleness: Garden Programs of the 1930s Depression -- Victory Gardens of World War II -- Part III. Gardening for Community, 1945 to the Present: Introduction -- The Community Garden Movement of the 1970s and 1980s -- Community Greening: Urban Garden Programs from 1990 to the Present -- A Look at Gardens Today -- Conclusion: Sustaining a City Bountiful.

Summary:

Since the 1890s, providing places for people to garden has been an inventive strategy to improve American urban conditions. There have been vacant-lot gardens, school gardens, Depression-era relief gardens, victory gardens, and community gardens--each representing a consistent impulse to return to gardening during times of social and economic change. In this critical history of community gardening in America, Laura J. Lawson documents the evolution of urban garden programs in the United States. Her narrative focuses on the values associated with gardening, the ebb and flow of campaigns during times of social and economic crisis, organizational strategies of these primarily volunteer campaigns, and the sustainability of current programs. [from publisher description].

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ISBN:

0520231503 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520231504 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520243439 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520243439 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Community gardens United States History 20th century.
Jardins communautaires États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Community gardens
Gartenkunst
Großstadt
Nutzgarten
Park
Öffentlicher Raum
Gardens United States History 20th century.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 248866
Call No.: BIB 178429
Status: Available