Ethnobotany - the study of the cultural use of plants - is explored throroughly in this text. The significance of plants in Western as well as indigenous societies is confronted and the history of ethnobotany, development of agriculture, and the critical need to conserve plant biodiversity are all covered in this introduction to the science.
- ISBN10 0716760274
- ISBN13 9780716760276
- Publish Date 1 January 1997
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Scientific American Library
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 256
- Language English