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Beschreibung
Just the Tonic is an accessible yet informative history of tonic water: its connections to the major disease malaria, the cure discovered in the bark of the cinchona tree and its constituent alkaloid quinine. It is a history deeply intertwined with botanical exploration and empire in the Victorian era, and the role of botanical gardens such as Kew.
Just the Tonic is an accessible yet informative history of tonic water: its connections to the major disease malaria, the cure discovered in the bark of the cinchona tree and its constituent alkaloid quinine. It is a history deeply intertwined with botanical exploration and empire in the Victorian era, and the role of botanical gardens such as Kew.
Über den Autor
Kim Walker trained as a medical herbalist and now specializes in the history of plant medicines. She is currently working on a PhD on cinchona at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the coauthor of The Handmade Apothecary and The Herbal Remedy Handbook. Mark Nesbitt is curator of the Economic Botany Collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is the coauthor of Curating Biocultural Collections and The Botanical Treasury, the former published by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781842466896
ISBN-10: 1842466895
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Nesbitt, Mark
Walker, Kim
Hersteller: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 254 x 181 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Mark Nesbitt (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.01.2020
Gewicht: 0,653 kg
Artikel-ID: 115932126

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