A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era, 1st Edition – FULL INSTANT DOWNLOAD | PDF DOCX EPUB

Ebook Name: A Cultural History of Plants in the Post-Classical Era
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN-13: 9781474273428
ISBN-10: 1474273424
Addition ISBN: 1350259292, 9781350259294
Author(s): Alain Touwaide, Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, Copyright: 2022

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. This was an age of empires and fluctuating borders, presenting a changing mosaic of environments, populations, and cultural practices. Many of the ancient uses and meanings of plants were preserved, but these were overlaid with new developments in agriculture, landscapes, medicine, eating habits, and art. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Plants presents the first comprehensive history of the uses and meanings of plants from prehistory to today. The themes covered in each volume are plants as staple foods; plants as luxury foods; trade and exploration; plant technology and science; plants and medicine; plants in culture; plants as natural ornaments; the representation of plants. Alain Touwaide is Scientific Director at the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Washington, D.C., USA. Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Plants set. General Editors: Annette Giesecke, University of Delaware, USA, and David Mabberley, University of Oxford, UK.