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American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900 Hardcover - 2004
by Sumner, Judith
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Crossing the disciplines of history, ethnobotany, and horticulture, Sumner underlines how European settlers and their descendants made use of the "strange" new plants they discovered, as well as the select varieties of foods and medicines they brought with them from other continents.
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- Title American Household Botany: A History of Useful Plants, 1620-1900
- Author Sumner, Judith
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 398
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Timber Press (OR), Portland, Oregon, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-09-15
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52GZZZ01Z1YH_ns
- ISBN 9780881926521 / 0881926523
- Weight 1.47 lbs (0.67 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.13 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.87 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Plants, Cultivated - United States - History, Botany, Economic - United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003026578
- Dewey Decimal Code 581.609
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SINCE prehistoric times, we have lived botanical lives, dependent on plants as sources of essential foods, medicines, timber, and fibers.
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Citations
- Booklist, 09/15/2004, Page 187
- Choice, 03/01/2005, Page 1253
- Scitech Book News, 12/01/2004, Page 123