Flora mirabilis, how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty, Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven
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Flora mirabilis, how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty, Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 244) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Flora mirabilis
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
Catherine Herbert Howell ; foreword by Peter H. Raven
Sub title
how plants have shaped world knowledge, health, wealth, and beauty
Summary
Presents a discussion of the role of plants in health, wealth, beauty, and the shaping of knowledge in the world from prehistory through the twenty-first century, with over two hundred illustrations and various historical anecdotes about plants such as rice, cannabis, and tobacco
Table Of Contents
Origins -- Discovery -- Exploration -- Enlightenment -- Empire -- Science
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