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Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany / Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox.

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Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany / Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox.

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Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany / Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox.

About this item

Full title

Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany / Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox.

Publisher

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021.

Call Numbers

GQ 2021/0183

Record Identifier

74VKaOq22Q6d

MMS ID

991024375716302626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

x, 222 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

People and Plants -- Plants That Heal -- Plants that Harm -- From Hunting and Gathering to Haute Cuisine -- Plants as the Basis for Material Culture -- Entering the Other World -- Biological Conservation and Ethnobotany.

Publication information

Publisher

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021.

Edition

Second edition.

Place of Publication

Florida

Date Published

2021.

Subjects

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Alternative Titles

Full title

Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany / Michael J. Balick, Paul Alan Cox.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Additional physical form availability note

Also issued in electronic format.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2021

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

GQ 2021/0183

Record Identifier

74VKaOq22Q6d

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOq22Q6d

Other Identifiers

ISBN

9780367501839

DDC

581.63

MMS ID

991024375716302626

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