Blooming Flowers - A Seasonal History of Plants and People

Ranging through the centuries and across the globe, Kasia Boddy explores the importance of flowers from their associations in perfumes and paintings to their use in social and political ritual. She moves through the seasons to consider how and why the sunflower, poppy, geranium?and many others?matter so much to us.

About the author

Kasia Boddy teaches American literature at the University of Cambridge. Her other books include Boxing: A Cultural History, The American Short Story Since 1950, and Geranium.

Product details

• Authors: Kasia Boddy, Boddy Kasia
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9780300264791
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26479-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; NATURE / Plants / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Trees, wildflowers & plants, General and world history, Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest