Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly

Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Through eight interwoven...
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Author: John Cardina
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Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly by Cardina, John

Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly

CHF 34.55

Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly

CHF 34.55
Author: John Cardina
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Lives of Weeds explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fresh perspective on how these tenacious plants came about, why they are both inevitable and essential, and how their ecological success is ensured by determined efforts to eradicate them. Linking botany, history, ecology, and evolutionary biology to the social dimensions of humanity's ancient struggle with feral flora, Cardina shows how weeds have shaped--and are shaped by--the way we live in the natural world.

Weeds and attempts to control them drove nomads toward settled communities, encouraged social stratification, caused environmental disruptions, and have motivated the development of GMO crops. They have snared us in social inequality and economic instability, infested social norms of suburbia, caused rage in the American heartland, and played a part in perpetuating pesticide use worldwide. Lives of Weeds reveals how the technologies directed against weeds underlie ethical questions about agriculture and the environment, and leaves readers with a deeper understanding of how the weeds around us are entangled in our daily choices.



Author: John Cardina
Publisher: Comstock Publishing
Published: 09/15/2021
Pages: 296
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781501758980


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/28/2021
Choice 04/01/2022

About the Author

John Cardina is Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science at Ohio State University.


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