Free Downloads Of Plants And People
What are the origins of agriculture? How did people learn to domesticate plants? How did they come to improve some? How did they learn special techniques for processing certain plants for food?In these highly personal and informal essays-old-fashioned botany, the author calls them-noted botanist Charles Heiser investigates those and other questions raised by the interactions of plants and people. His purpose is to try to find the origins of some of our domesticated plants and to consider other plants that might someday contribute to our food resources.In Of Plants and People, Heiser examines the origins of pumpkins, squashes, and other cucurbits. In The Totora and Thor, he digresses from food plants to trace the spread of the totora reed from South America to Pacific islands. Little Oranges of Quito is about the domestication of a wild plant, the naranjilla, that is going on today. Chenopods: From Weeds to the Halls of Montezuma concerns the uses of the Andean quinua and its relatives, and Sangorache and the Day of the Dead, A Trip to Tulcán, and Chochos and Other Lupines all examine Latin-American domestic plants that could contribute to our own foods. Green ‘Tomatoes’ and Purple 'Cucumbers, the tomate and the pepino, respectively, describes two other crops that have received scant notice in the United States.The subject of "How Many Kinds of Peppers Are There?" is the genus Capsicum, with its sweet green and hot red peppers and all their related species and varieties. Heiser again writes about nonfood plants in the essay "Peperomias," but in the next chapter, "Sumpweed," he discusses a plant that was once used for food but that has been neglected in favor of others. And in "A Plague of Locusts" the author compares the honey locust tree with a close relative to try to determine what gives particular plants advantages in certain environments.In his final essay, Seeds, Sex, and Sacrifice, Heiser relates myth, anthropological evidence, and botanical findings to review the connection between religion and the origin of agriculture.The audience for this book will include botanists, horticulturists, anthropologists, and any reader interested in the interrelationships between plants and people.
Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press (March 15, 1992)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0806124105
ISBN-13: 978-0806124100
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: Be the first to review this item
Best Sellers Rank: #504,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #35 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Gardening & Landscape Design > Wild Plants #116 in Books > Science & Math > Agricultural Sciences > History #227 in Books > Textbooks > Science & Mathematics > Biology & Life Sciences > Botany
Air Plants: A Beginners Guide To Understanding Air Plants, Growing Air Plants and Air Plant Care (Air Plants, Ornamental Plants, House Plants) How To Analyze People: Mastering Analyzing and Reading People: (How To Read People, Analyze People, Psychology, People Skills, Body Language, Social Skills) UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES & MISSING PEOPLE.: MISSING PEOPLE CASE FILES; UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES; MISSING PEOPLE. (UNEXPLAINED DISAPPEARANCES : MISSING PEOPLE Book 2) How To Analyze People: Body Language and Human Psychology Guide to Mastering Analyzing (Analyze People, Body Language, Human Psychology, How to Analyze People) People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play (New Press People's History) Easy Potting Plants that Attract; Butterflies and Hummingbirds (Attracting Butterflies and Hummingbirds: Potting Plants Made Easy) The Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Magical Plants, Revised: A Practical Guide to Creating Healing, Protection, and Prosperity using Plants, Herbs, and Flowers Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants: Identification and Cultivation of Over 3000 Tropical Plants How to Propagate 375 Plants: An illustrated directory of flowers, trees, shrubs, climbers, water plants, vegetables and herbs, with 650 photographs Foraging: A Guide to Discovering Delicious Edible Wild Plants and Fungi (Foraging, Wild Edible Plants, Edible Fungi, Herbs, Book 1) Building Fences of Wood, Stone, Metal, & Plants: Making Fence with Wood, Metal, Stone and Living Plants Cuidados de las plantas de interior/ The Care of Indoor Plants: Una guia completa de consejos practicos y cuidados de las plantas / A complete guide ... advise and care of plants (Spanish Edition) Hot Plants for Cool Climates: Gardening with Tropical Plants in Temperate Zones DIY Herbal Gardening - Learn The Benefits Of Planting The Top 5 Medicinal Plants (Herbal Gardening, DIY Herbal Gardening, Medicinal Plants, Herbal Medicines, Herbal Cure) Saving Container Plants: Overwintering Techniques for Keeping Tender Plants Alive Year after Year. A Storey BASICS® Title Sheridan Nurseries: One Hundred Years of People, Plans, and Plants Of Plants and People White People, Indians, and Highlanders: Tribal People and Colonial Encounters in Scotland and America Cookbook for Busy People Box Set (2 in 1): Over 70 Freezer and Mason Jar Meal Recipes for People On-the-Go - Mouthwatering Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner & Salads (Quick and Easy Recipes Cookbook) Body Language: Blueprint: Decipher Nonverbal Communication and Read People Like a Book to Win Friends and Influence (How to Analyze People)
