Native American Ethnobotany Hardcover Book By Daniel E. Moerman 1998

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Dust Jacket
Edition
8th Printing
ISBN
9780881924534
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Publisher
Timber Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0881924539
ISBN-13
9780881924534
eBay Product ID (ePID)
994693

Product Key Features

Book Title
Native American Ethnobotany
Number of Pages
927 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Encyclopedias, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native American
Publication Year
1998
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Reference, Social Science, History
Author
Daniel E. Moerman
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
2.1 in
Item Weight
89.6 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
9 in

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Trade
LCCN
97-032877
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
An enormous achievement... Fun to browse through it and to discover many exciting details about plant use in North America., This monumental synthesis of ethnobotany of prehistoric and historic Indians of North America ... is an instant classic., "The definitive book on the subject. Covering over 4,000 plants with some 44,000 uses, this represents years of research on the author's part." -- Washington Daily News "A remarkable body of research. No other single reference book even comes close to it." -- American Survival Guide Magazine " Native American Ethnobotany is an essential reference for all those interested in the uses of plants." -- Wild Foods Forum "This typographically attractive book presents its data with interest and humor." -- Taxon "An enormous achievement. . . . Fun to browse through it and to discover many exciting details about plant use in North America." -- Journal of Ethnopharmacology "This work is an invaluable resource for ethnobotanists, anthropologists, herbalists, and other researchers." -- Herb Quarterly "An impressive compilation of information on plants used by Native Americans. . . . An important library book." -- Northeastern Naturalist "A monumental work." -- Plants and People "Moerman has done an excellent job of presenting the information in useable form." -- American Biology Teacher "This scholarly and weighty tome contains a stupendous quantity of high-quality information about the use of plants by Native American peoples." -- Edinburgh Journal of Botany "I have no hesitation in recommending this book as a fundamental and highly valuable source of fascinating information on the plants and the peoples of North America." -- Edinburgh Journal of Botany "Congratulations to Timber Press for doing it right." -- Whole Earth "Anyone interested in the economic botany and ethnobotany of indigenous groups of North America needs to have a copy of this book. It is the standard reference on Native American plant uses." -- HerbalGram, Anyone interested in the economic botany and ethnobotany of indigenous groups of North America needs to have a copy of this book. It is the standard reference on Native American plant uses., When I received the book I thought I had died and gone to heaven! This is one of the items I would run back to save if my house ever burned down., " Native American Ethnobotany is an essential reference for all those interested in the uses of plants." - Wild Food Forum , March 2005, This scholarly and weighty tome contains a stupendous quantity of high-quality information about the use of plants by Native American peoples., An impressive compilation of information on plants used by Native Americans ... An important library book., This work is an invaluable resource for ethnobotanists, anthropologists, herbalists, and other researchers., Native American Ethnobotany is an essential reference for all those interested in the uses of plants., Daniel Moerman's massive work, long anticipated by ethnobiologists and anthropologists, is striking... Its pages are brimming with the most complete explication of Native Americans ... and their interaction with plants ever undertaken....Moerman provides... information probably impossible to find anywhere else-nothing to date has been so thorough and systematic.... [The book includes] several indices of great value......The cost [is] miraculously low for this masterpiece....No library can be without... Moerman's offering. His work will likely never be surpassed... This is probably the magnum opus of the field. We are all indebted to him for this marvelous achievement., The definitive book on the subject. Covering over 4,000 plants with some 44,000 uses, this represents years of research on the author's part., I have no hesitation in recommending this book as a fundamental and highly valuable source of fascinating information on the plants and the peoples of North America.
Dewey Decimal
581.6/097
Table Of Content
Preface 7 Acknowledgments 9 Plant Use by Native Americans 11 Plants Used as Drugs 12 Plants Used as Foods 15 Plants Used as Fibers and Dyes 16 Plants with Other Uses 17 Conclusions on Usages 18 Sources of Information on Plant Usages 18 Plant Usage Categories 19 Native Americans 23 Organization of the Information in Native American Ethnobotany 29 Scientific Plant Names 29 Common Plant Names 32 Ethnobotanical Information 32 Catalog of Plants 33 Notes 615 Bibliography 619 Plant Usage Indexes Index of Tribes 625 Index of Usages 765 Plant Name Indexes Index of Synonyms 873 Index of Common Names 891
Synopsis
An extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. More than 44,000 uses for some 4000 plants by various tribes are documented here., An extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American Native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and more. Anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman has devoted 25 years to the task of gathering the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4,000 plants. More than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes are documented in this book. This is undoubtedly the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future., An extraordinary compilation of the plants used by North American native peoples for medicine, food, fiber, dye, and a host of other things. Anthropologist Daniel E. Moerman has devoted 25 years to the task of gathering together the accumulated ethnobotanical knowledge on more than 4000 plants. More than 44,000 uses for these plants by various tribes are documented here. This is undoubtedly the most massive ethnobotanical survey ever undertaken, preserving an enormous store of information for the future.
LC Classification Number
E98.B7M66 1998

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  • by g_gan26
    22 Sep, 2018

    A Priceless Repository of Botanical Information

    A monumental, cross referenced dictionary of North American plants and their uses. Dr. Moerman's decades long project has saved the knowledge - accumulated over 15,000+ years of human necessity, observation, trial, error and effort - from being lost . . . possibly forever.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: grandeagleretail

  • by katherine77714
    04 Dec, 2017

    for college courses only

    No pictures to guide us. This is way too intense for the common person , Great content if it had pictures as a reference. This is an old book and out of date with todays technology , in our opinion

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: sundaynightconsignments2

  • by whodatlorrie
    19 Jan, 2024

    Awesome book with exception references

    Awesome, awesome, awesome.. an out-of-print book, hard to find a good copy, Contents are exceptional and a great reference.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: bookoutlet2

  • by gudesuppes
    27 Feb, 2020

    Reference book about ethnobotany.

    Great value!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned

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