Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology

Plants, health and healing : on the interface of ethnobotany and medical anthropology

Plants have cultural histories, and their culturally known applications change through time and across contexts. The impact of individual plant species on human cultures has been profound, whether it is the coca and quinine from South America or tea and coffee from the Old World. This pattern is see...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Harris, Stephen , 1966- (Author), Hsu, Elisabeth (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books , c2010
Series:Epistemologies of healing v. 6
Subjects:
Botany, Medical
Ethnobotany
Medical anthropology
Medical plants

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