Heirloom seeds and their keepers : marginality and memory in the conservation of biological diversit...
Heirloom seeds and their keepers : marginality and memory in the conservation of biological diversit...
Heirloom seeds and their keepers : marginality and memory in the conservation of biological diversity / Virginia D. Nazarea.
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Publisher
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
Call Numbers
N333.9534/ 2
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
1. It takes a village clown -- 2. A tale of two metaphors : jumping genes and colporteurs -- 3. Ordinary/extraordinary lives -- 4. Southern memories in a globalizing world -- 5. Out-of-place sense of place -- 6. Stories and histories -- 7. Conservation without design : or, the anthropology of quirki...
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Publisher
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2005.
Place of Publication
Arizona
Date Published
2005.
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Summary
"Through characters and stories that offer a wealth of insights about human nature and society, Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers helps readers more fully understand why biodiversity persists when there are so many pressures for it not to. The key, Nazarea explains, is in the sovereign spaces seedsavers inhabit and create, where memories counter a c...
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Heirloom seeds and their keepers : marginality and memory in the conservation of biological diversity / Virginia D. Nazarea.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
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Other version (online)
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N333.9534/ 2
Record Identifier
74VKqMzMlKgl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqMzMlKgl
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ISBN
0816524351 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780816524358 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
333.9534
MMS ID
991020197769702626
