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Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline - Hardcover

Schultes, R.E.; Von Reis, S.

 
9780412722707: Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0412722704 ISBN 13: 9780412722707
Publisher: Springer, 1995

Synopsis

Ethnobotany offers a timely and authoritative exploration and evaluation of the status of ethnobotany today - and a reminder of its importance for the welfare of future generations.

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Review

The range of carefully selected articles ... presents a truly global perspective on the theory and practice of today's ethnobotany - Neu!
...the most useful and authoritative volume on ethnobotany that has been published. - Plant Talk
The book is well edited and gives excellent value for money. It is not only of interest for people involved in one of the many aspects of ethnobotany...but is also warmly recommended for the lay reader who wants to know more of this fascinating discipline. - Acta Botanica Neerlandica
This multiauthor book provides a comprehensive summary of the history and current state of the field of ethnobotany... - CAB Abstracts

About the Author

The late Richard Evans Schultes, Jeffrey Professor of Biology and Director of the Botanical Museum of Harvard University (Emeritus), was a plant explorer, ethnobotanist, and conservationist. He was known as the world's authority on medicinal, narcotic, and hallucinogenic plants in the New World.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0412722704
ISBN 13 
9780412722707
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
416