| Book Review | Environmental History, 12.2

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Book Review

Aliens in the Backyard: Plant and Animal Imports into America. By John Leland. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2005. 235 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. Cloth $29.95.

In Aliens in the Backyard, John Leland explores the introduction of plants and animals to America, their intended function, how they were understood once integrated into the environment, their process of "naturalization," and how their use changed over time as different choices were required to create a world that was more suitable to American habitation. Leland shows us that newcomers are a part of not only the historical landscape, but also the cultural experience of America. He argues that diverse, complex, conflicted "aliens" ultimately melded, intermingled, and acculturated into a broader context of transition, change, and transformation to produce something "natural."

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