Suburban Lawn Of American Summary

Suburban Lawn to the Peculiar Portion of Americans
In American Green we see the love for the perfect lawn between Americans. Ted Steinberg shows the relationship towards a prefect lawn and a disorder which he is truly correct. From
Richard Widmark suffering from a mowing accident to later asking "will I ever as act again?' but 'will I ever mow again"(3)? He wasn't being fully aware of his right being but caring for his lawn. American Dream ties into generalizations to the cold war and the 1950s. I will prove points on how Ted Steinberg connects American Green into cultural history and his failure of poor assumptions for the lawns.
The love for the lawns is like taking care of a piece of art. The marking of a territory to be kept for a long
period of time. Americans personal expression of the suburban American level. As mention "The rise of the lawn to dominance in suburbia represents one of the most profound transformations of the landscape in American history"(9).
A predisposition theory of a genetic, this took the explanation of the human appeal for lawns. The appearing of suburbs made an improvement of lawns. People working for it made this tension to be an uneasily free time for the care of the lawn.
Steinberg also shows a style by pointing out an impact. An impact of mowing through environmental ways. When using a lawn mower it takes more polluting the air than much driving a car for a long period of time. An affection to public health and ecological factors. He states "Grass by itself can indeed prevent soil erosion and storm water runoff, but the quest for the perfect turf is another story altogether, with a dark side for both the landscape and public health"(7). Steinberg proves a negative impact not from actions of poor lawn care but environmental and public health factors, in which Americans were convinced of the perfect, greenish lawn while noticing how it is unfeasible to obtain.
Steinberg shows another factor associated with the obsession of American lawns. Different varieties of grass are grown in environments similar to their growing habits. "Forced to adapt across a diverse range of geographic locations, warm season grasses like crabgrass have much
more rugged metabolic systems than their cool season counterparts that is, they are more efficient at using carbon dioxide to for carbohydrates"(50). Steinberg proves grass can be grown in arid environments but in cold fringe areas it may not be as successful to what it is accustomed to. Big business is associated with the obsession of perfect lawns and also the lawns is a showing of class being described as a symbol.
This book shows me an understanding of the care for lawns and the role it plays in America. The argument of Steinberg failure of poor assumptions mowing through environmental way when using a lawn mower, different varieties of grass that are grown in environments similar to their growing habits, how he connects American Green into cultural history, Americans personal expression of the suburban
American level. Where it has had an effect of lengths on the lawns from companies like the Scott's that consumers keep buying from. Throughout the chapters, Steinberg seems to sound as if someone caring very much about his lawn is like throwing their family off a cliff to later throughout the chapter “First Aid for the Earth” seems as a threat for the environment.