Plants, People, and Culture - The Science of Ethnobotany

"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"--

List of contents

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.

About the author

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.

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.

Additional text

'Balick and Cox’s new edition of Plants, People, and Culture is both a superb ethnobotanical resource for students of the discipline, and a thoroughly good read for any- and everybody interested in knowing more about the ancient and enduring relationship between plants and people. Balick and Cox continue to set the standard for what a great ethnobotanical text should be, and this 2nd edition can only enhance Plants, People, and Culture’s iconic status.'
-- Dr Nigel Chaffey, Botany One

Product details

• Authors: Michael J Balick, Michael J Cox Balick, Michael J. Balick, Michael J. Cox Balick, Paul Alan Cox, Paul Alan Balick Cox, Cox Paul Alan, Paul Alan Coz
• Assisted by: Michael J. Balick (Editor), Cox Paul Alan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9780367501839
• ISBN: 978-0-367-50183-9
• No. of pages: 218
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Biotechnology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Cell Biology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Social and cultural anthropology, Botany & plant sciences, Botany and plant sciences