Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 : Explaining Lawn People
" A Profile of Lawn People
" Interrogating Assumptions in Apolitical Economy
" The Mutual Tyrannies of Urban Political Ecology
Chapter 2 : Is the Lawn an Expression of American Culture?
" The Manor House Tradition: Labor, Land and Grass
" Ecological Imperialism and American Turf
" The American Law Tradition
" Democratic Landscape? The Spread of the Modern Lawn
" Lawn Culture for Lawn Subjects
Chapter 3 : Does the Lawn Necessarily Require Inputs?
" What is Turfgrass and How Does it Grow?
" Turfgrass Structure and Growth
" Why Lawns Need So Much Care?
" The Lawn's needs become those of the Turfgrass Subject
Chapter 4 : Are Lawn Inputs a Hazzard?
" The Dawn and Maturing of Lawn Chemistry
" The Contemporary Chemical Suite
" Lawn Risks Defy Regulation
Chapter 5 : Does the Industry Meet or Produce Demand?
" Demand or Supply?
" The Lawn Commodity Chain
" Producers: Searching for Buyers
" Applicators: Tending the Weed Business
Chapter 6 : Do Lawn People Choose Lawns?
" Chemical Communities
" The Lawns of Kingberry Court
" Risk Citizens, Contradiction Reconcilers, Networked Actors
Chapter 7 : Can Lawn People Choose Alternatives?
" Landscape Alternatives
" Elusiveness of Alternatives
" Are Lawn Alternatives really Alternative?
Chapter 8 : Becoming Turfgrass Subjects
" Anxiety, Objects, Subjects and Political Economy
" Epilogue: Rescuing the Environment from Determinism
Appendix A: Suggestion and Sources for Lawn Alternatives
" Some General Rules
" Resources and Allies
Appendix B: Data Development and Analysis
" The National Homeowner Survey
" The Applicator Survey
" The Kingberry Court Interviews
" The Land Cover Survey
" Current Published Resources
