Where the Gods Reign / Plants and People of the Colombian Amazon (SIGNED)

Schultes, Richard Evans / Preface by Mark J. Plotkin

ISBN 10: 0907791131 / ISBN 13: 9780907791133

Published by Synergistic Press, Inc., Oracle, Aizona / London, 1988

About this Item

"Good-plus" short softcover quarto of 8-3/8-X-10 inches, full of B&W photos of the Amazon Indians and their plants. With a reading crease to spine and some rub to edges. Signed in blue ink to the title page "Richard Evans Schultes." Legendary ethnobotanist Schultes (1915-2001) lived among the Indians of the remote northwest Amazon, studying them and their use of native plants, from 1941 through 1954. 308 pp., reduced from $525.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Where the Gods Reign / Plants and People of the Colombian Amazon (SIGNED)
• Publisher: Synergistic Press, Inc., Oracle, Aizona / London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0907791131
• ISBN 13: 9780907791133
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography
  • Travel & Exploration
  • Plants, Botany

About this title

Synopsis

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Where the Gods Reign is a scientific and creative anthropological overview of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem-featuring writings and excerpts on rivers, ethnic groups, cultural customs, rubber and cocoa plants, drugs and medicines, and more.

Beautiful photographs taken by Dr. Schultes during his 14 years residing in the Colombian Amazon are accompanied by short poetic reflections, precise summaries which showcase Schultes’s immense knowledge of the area, and carefully selected quotes from other great ethnographers of the Amazon.

About the Authors

Dr. Richard Evans Schultes, regarded as the father of contemporary ethnobotany, carried out extensive field studies, particularly in the Amazon. He received numerous awards including the Cross of Boyaca, Columbia’s highest honor, and the annual GOld Medal of the World Wildlife Fund. In 1987 he received the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and in 1992 he was awarded the Linnean Gold Medal, the highest award a botanist can receive. Dr. Schultes was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Linnean Society of London, three Latin American Academies, the Academy of India, and the Third World Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Mark J. Plotkin has led the Amazon Conservation Team and guided its vision since 1996, when he co-founded the organization with his fellow conservationist, Liliana Madrigal. He is a renowned ethnobotanist who has spent almost three decades studying traditional plant use with traditional healers of tropical America.