The Lawn by Peter Macinnis
Explores the strange coming-together of means, opportunity and motive in the middle of the nineteenth century, and the lasting social changes that followed when the lawn emerged as the dominant feature of the modern built environment. This book explains how the lawn mower was the key enabling technology that let grass dominate the environment.
Australian science writer and broadcaster Peter Macinnis has worked in museums, taught in schools, and written for online encyclopaedias. He is now a fulltime writer; among his many publications are Bittersweet: the story of sugar (Allen & Unwin 2002); The Killer Bean of Calabar: the story of poisons and poisoners (Allen & Unwin 2004), Rockets (Allen & Unwin 2003), Kokoda Track: 101 Days (Black Dog Books 2007) which was short-listed for the New South Wales Premier's History Awards in 2007, Pioneers, Heroes and Fools (Murdoch Books 2007), The Speed of Nearly Everything (Murdoch Books 2008), Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World (Murdoch Books 2008) and 100 Discoveries (Murdoch Books 2009).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781741960396 |
| ISBN 10 | 1741960398 |
| Title | The Lawn |
| Author | Peter Macinnis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Murdoch Books |
| Year published | 2009-09-07 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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