A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century covers the period from 1800 to 1920, a time of astonishing growth in industrialization, urbanization, migration, population growth, colonial possessions, and developments in scientif...Lasīt vairāk
Looks at the history and meanings of plants in the period from 1650-1800, a time of global exploration and the discovery of new species of plants and their potential uses. A Cultural History of Plants in the Seventeenth and Eighteent...Lasīt vairāk
A Cultural History of Plants in the Modern Era covers the period from 1920 to today - a time when population growth, industrialization, global trade, and consumerism have fundamentally reshaped our relationship with plants. Advances...Lasīt vairāk
Covering the period from 1400 to 1650, this volume looks at how Renaissance learning and exploration irrevocably changed both our botanical knowledge and human impact on plants. A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era...Lasīt vairāk
A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era covers the period from 500 to 1400, ranging across northern and central Europe to the Mediterranean, and from the Byzantine and Arabic Empires to the Persian World, India, and...Lasīt vairāk
Examines the uses and meanings of plants from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE, from the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere. A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity cover...Lasīt vairāk
Examines 12,500 years of human-botanical interaction across the world. Winner of the 2022 Society of Economic Botanys Daniel F. Austin AwardA Cultural History of Plants presents a global exploration of how plants hav...Lasīt vairāk
The world as we know it would not exist without plants. Have you ever stopped to think about how your morning cappuccino came to be? From the coffee bush that yielded the beans to the grass for the cattle, or perhaps the soya, that p...Lasīt vairāk
This book studies a striking example of intensely negotiated colonial scientific practice: the case of botanical practice in Korea during the Japanese colonization from 1910 to 1945.The shared aim of botanists who encountered one another in...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 12-Dec-2024, Paperback / softback, Izdevniecība: Little, Brown Young Readers, ISBN-13: 9780316498272)
Andy Warner sifts through the nuts and bolts of our long, complicated history with the earths resources-- From New York Times bestselling author Andy Warner comes a highly entertaining, informative graphic novel that traces our e...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the collection and documentation of the natural worlds development over the course of the nineteenth century into a vast network of scientists who attempted to categorize and understand nature, particularly in the botanically ric...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 05-Nov-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Little, Brown Young Readers, ISBN-13: 9780316498265)
From New York Times bestselling author Andy Warner comes a highly entertaining, informative graphic novel that traces our ever-evolving relationship with plants through time.Did you know that plants helped shape our modern wo...Lasīt vairāk
This book gathers essays on premodern plants, considering the position of critical plant studies in relation to medieval studies. Contributions cover topics including the significance of the daisy in the two Prologues to Chaucers Legend of Go...Lasīt vairāk
A Cultural History of Plants in Antiquity covers the period from 10,000 BCE to 500 CE. This period witnessed the transition from hunter-gatherer subsistence to the practice of agriculture in Mesopotamia and elsewhere, and culminated...Lasīt vairāk
A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era covers the period from 500 to 1400, ranging across northern and central Europe to the Mediterranean, and from the Byzantine and Arabic Empires to the Persian World, India, and China....Lasīt vairāk
A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century covers the period from 1800 to 1920, a time of astonishing growth in industrialization, urbanization, migration, population growth, colonial possessions, and developments in scientif...Lasīt vairāk
A Cultural History of Plants in the Early Modern Era covers the period from 1400 to 1650, a time of discovery and rediscovery, of experiment and innovation. Renaissance learning brought ancient knowledge to modern European consciousn...Lasīt vairāk
