Article ID: CBB001421772

“A Cosmopolitan Weed of the World”: Following Bermudagrass (2014)

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This essay is an exercise in "following." It tells the story of Cynodon dactylon--- better known as common bermudagrass---to explore why people either valued or devalued the grass through time and what the changing social status of one species might tell us about the intersection of biology, ecology, and culture. In the process, it makes two additional points: grasses are historically important, and agricultural history is a site uniquely disposed to uniting environmental history with the history of science.

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Authors & Contributors
Alessandra Dattero
Marsha L. Weisiger
Beverly Soloway
Weber, Steven A.
Madella, Marco
Kull, Christian A.
Concepts
Agriculture
Environmental history
Nature and its relationship to culture; human-nature relationships
Plants
Forests and forestry
Livestock
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
Prehistory
18th century
Medieval
Ancient
Places
South Asia
Pakistan
Europe
Indian Ocean
Hudson Bay (North America)
Mediterranean region
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