Ethnobotany : A Reader

This reader in ethnobotany includes fourteen chapters organized in four parts. Paul Minnis provides a general introduction; the authors of the section introductions are Catherine S. Foeler (ethnoecology), Cecil H. Brown (folk classification), Timothy Jones (foods and medicines), and Richard I. Ford (agriculture).Ethnobotany: A Reader is intended for use as a textbook in upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in economic botany, ethnobotany, and human ecology. The book brings together for the first time previously published journal articles that provide diverse perspectives on a wide variety of topics in ethnobotany. Contributors include: Janis B. Alcorn, M. Kat Anderson, Stephen B. Brush, Robert A. Bye, George F. Estabrook, David H. French, Eugene S. Hunn, Charles F. Hutchinson, Eric Mellink, Paul E. Minnis, Brian Morris, Gary P. Nabhan, Amadeo M. Rea, Karen L. Reichhardt, Jan Timbrook, Nancy J. Turner, and Robert A. Voeks. Ethnoecology : An Introduction / Catherine S. Fowler -- Factors Influencing Botanical Resource Perception Among The Huastec : Suggestions For Future Ethnobotanical Inquiry / Janis B. Alcorn -- California Indian Horticulture : Management And Use Of Redbud By The Southern Sierra Miwok / M. Kat Anderson -- Papago (o'odham) Influences On Habitat And Biotic Diversity : Quitovac Oasis Ethnoecology / Gary P. Nabhan [and Others] -- Folk Classification : An Introduction / Cecil H. Brown -- Pragmatics Of Folk Classification / Brian Morris -- General Plant Categories In Thompson (nlaka'pamux) And Lillooet (stl'atl'imx), Two Interior Salish Languages Of British Columbia / Nancy J. Turner -- Alternatives To Taxonomic Hierarchy : The Sahaptin Case / Eugene S. Hunn And David H. French -- Foods And Medicines : An Introduction / Timothy Johns -- Candomblé Ethnobotany : African Medicinal Plant Classification In Brazil / Robert A. Voeks -- Virtuous Herbs : Plants In Chumash Medicine / Jan Timbrook -- On The Relative Contribution Of Men And Women To Subsistence Among The Hunters-gatherers Of The Columbia Plateau : A Comparison With Ethnographic Atlas Summaries / Eugene S. Hunn -- Quelites-- Ethnoecology Of Edible Greens-- Past, Present, And Future / Robert A. Bye, Jr. -- Famine Foods Of The North American Desert Borderland In Historical Context / Paul E. Minnis -- Agriculture : An Introduction / Richard I. Ford. Devil's Claw Domestication : Evidence From Southwestern Fields / Gary Nabhan [and Others] -- Ethnoecology, Biodiversity, And Modernization In Andean Potato Agriculture / Stephen B. Brush -- Choice Of Fuel For Bagaço Still Helps Maintain Biological Diversity In A Traditional Portuguese Agricultural System / George F. Estabrook. Edited By Paul E. Minnis. With The Exception Of The Five Introductory Articles, The Essays In This Book Were All Previously Published In The Journal Of Ethnobiology ...--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This reader in ethnobotany includes fourteen chapters organized in four parts. Paul Minnis provides a general introduction; the authors of the section introductions are Catherine S. Fowler (ethnoecology), Cecil H. Brown (folk classification), Timothy Jones (foods and medicines), and Richard I. Ford (agriculture).Ethnobotany: A Reader is intended for use as a textbook in upper division undergraduate and graduate courses in economic botany, ethnobotany, and human ecology. The book brings together for the first time previously published journal articles that provide diverse perspectives on a wide variety of topics in ethnobotany. Contributors include: Janis B. Alcorn, M. Kat Anderson, Stephen B. Brush, Robert A. Bye, George F. Estabrook, David H. French, Eugene S. Hunn, Charles F. Hutchinson, Eric Mellink, Paul E. Minnis, Brian Morris, Gary P. Nabhan, Amadeo M. Rea, Karen L. Reichhardt, Jan Timbrook, Nancy J. Turner, and Robert A. Voeks. "Skutch argues that a principle of increasing harmony drives the living world - but along a bumpy road pitted with the paradoxes of evolution. His central purpose in this book is to examine the sources of these paradoxes and how they can deepen our understanding of life. Along the way he explores several biological heresies, such as anthropomorphism. He even tackles the conventional wisdom that we should strive to preserve maximum biodiversity, proposing "biocompatibility" instead."--Jacket