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Plants, People, and Culture
The Science of Ethnobotany
Taschenbuch von Michael J Balick (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world's leading ethnobotanists argue that the very roots of human culture are deeply intertwined with plants. Plants, People, and Culture, Second Edition is designed for the college classroom as well as for the general lay reader.

Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world's leading ethnobotanists argue that the very roots of human culture are deeply intertwined with plants. Plants, People, and Culture, Second Edition is designed for the college classroom as well as for the general lay reader.

Über den Autor

Michael J. Balick is Vice President and Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Philecology Curator at The New York Botanical Garden. He has studied the relationship between plants, people, and culture in the Amazon Valley, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.

Paul Alan Cox, recognized by Time Magazine as a "Hero of Medicine" for his ethnobotanical search for new medicines, was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his conservation efforts with indigenous peoples. He founded the island conservation organization Seacology and is Director of the Brain Chemistry Labs in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. People and Plants. 2. Plants That Heal. 3. Plants That Harm. 4. From Hunting and Gathering to Haute Cuisine. 5. Plants as the Basis for Material Culture. 6. Entering the Other World. 7. Biological Conservation and Ethnobotany.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Botanik
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 218
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780815345909
ISBN-10: 0815345909
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Balick, Michael J
Cox, Paul Alan
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Inc
Maße: 216 x 278 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Michael J Balick (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2020
Gewicht: 0,712 kg
preigu-id: 121293678
Über den Autor

Michael J. Balick is Vice President and Director of the Institute of Economic Botany and Senior Philecology Curator at The New York Botanical Garden. He has studied the relationship between plants, people, and culture in the Amazon Valley, Central and South America, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.

Paul Alan Cox, recognized by Time Magazine as a "Hero of Medicine" for his ethnobotanical search for new medicines, was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for his conservation efforts with indigenous peoples. He founded the island conservation organization Seacology and is Director of the Brain Chemistry Labs in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. People and Plants. 2. Plants That Heal. 3. Plants That Harm. 4. From Hunting and Gathering to Haute Cuisine. 5. Plants as the Basis for Material Culture. 6. Entering the Other World. 7. Biological Conservation and Ethnobotany.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Fachbereich: Botanik
Genre: Biologie
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 218
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780815345909
ISBN-10: 0815345909
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Balick, Michael J
Cox, Paul Alan
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Inc
Maße: 216 x 278 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Michael J Balick (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 02.09.2020
Gewicht: 0,712 kg
preigu-id: 121293678
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