Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany
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書誌事項
Plants, people, and culture : the science of ethnobotany
（Scientific American library, no. 60）
Scientific American Library, c1996
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- : pbk
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注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-218) and index
内容説明・目次
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: hbk ISBN 9780716750611
内容説明
Discoveries of new drugs, organic pesticides, and other plant uses based on research in traditional cultures are increasingly common. The study of human/plant interactions which draws on the methods of antropology, botany, pharmacology and other disciplines is reported here. The text highlights the discovery of new drugs and chemical compounds and insights into conservation in order to aid understanding of the relationship between humans and plants.
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: pbk ISBN 9780716760276
内容説明
Ethnobotany - the study of the cultural use of plants - is explored throroughly in this text. The significance of plants in Western as well as indigenous societies is confronted and the history of ethnobotany, development of agriculture, and the critical need to conserve plant biodiversity are all covered in this introduction to the science.
目次
- People and plants
- plants that heal
- from hunting and gathering to haute cuisine
- plants as the basis for material culture
- entering the other world
- biological conservation and ethnobotany.
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