Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany

by Paul Alan Cox and Michael J. Balick

Book Overview

Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world's leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants, indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world's oceans. Today, indigenous agricultural innovations continue to feed, clothe, and heal the world's population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815345909
• ISBN13: 9780815345909
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Garland Science
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.4" x 10.9"