Ethnobotany in the new Europe : people, health, and wild plant resources /: people, health, and wild plant resources. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Manuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Andrea Pieroni and Rajindra K. Puri.
• Other Names: Pardo de Santayana, Manuel; Pieroni, Andrea; Puri, Rajindra K
• Contents: Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Appendices; Chapter 1 -- The Ethnobotany of Europe; Chapter 2 -- People and Plants in Lëpushë; Chapter 3 -- The Cultural Signifi cance of Wild-gathered Plant Species in Kartitsch; Chapter 4 -- Local Innovations to Folk Medical Conditions; Chapter 5 -- Awareness of Scarcity of Medicinal Plants in Roussenski Lom; Chapter 6 -- 'My Doctor Doesn't Understand Why I Use Them'; Chapter 7 -- Wild Food and Medicinal Plant Knowledge in Northeastern Portugal; Chapter 8 -- The Use of Wild Edible Plants in the Graecanic Area in Calabria, Southern Italy. Chapter 9 -- The Ecology and Use of Edible Thistles in Évora, PortugalChapter 10 -- Spring is Coming; Chapter 11 -- Plants as Symbols in Scotland Today; Chapter 12 -- The Botanical Identity and Cultural Significance of Lithuanian Jovaras; Chapter 13 -- Norway's Rosmarin in Past and Present Tradition; Chapter 14 -- Chamomiles in Spain; Chapter 15 -- Plant Knowledge of English Livestock Farmers; Chapter 16 -- Rural and Urban Allotments in Gravesham, Kent, U.K.; Notes on Contributors; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 394 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 581.6/3094; Human-plant relationships -- Europe; Ethnobotany -- Europe; Medicinal plants -- Europe; Plants and civilization -- Europe; Human-plant relationships -- Europe; Medicinal plants -- Europe; Plants and civilization -- Europe; Botany; Science; SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany; SCIENCE -- Environmental Science; Ethnobotany; Human-plant relationships; Medicinal plants; Plants and civilization; Europe; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781845458140; 1845458141
• Related ISBNs: 9781845454562; 1845454561
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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