{"product_id":"of-plants-and-people-paperback","title":"Of Plants and People - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles B. Heiser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eOf Plants and People\u003c\/em\u003e, Heiser examines the origins of pumpkins, squashes, and other cucurbits. In \u003cem\u003eThe Totora and Thor\u003c\/em\u003e, he digresses from food plants to trace the spread of the totora reed from South America to Pacific islands. \u003cem\u003eLittle Oranges of Quito\u003c\/em\u003e is about the domestication of a wild plant, the \u003cem\u003enaranjilla, \u003c\/em\u003ethat is going on today. \u003cem\u003eChenopods: From Weeds to the Halls of Montezuma \u003c\/em\u003econcerns the uses of the Andean \u003cem\u003equinua \u003c\/em\u003eand its relatives, and \u003cem\u003eSangorache and the Day of the Dead\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Trip to Tulcán\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eChochos and Other Lupines\u003c\/em\u003e all examine Latin-American domestic plants that could contribute to our own foods. \u003cem\u003eGreen 'Tomatoes' and Purple 'Cucumbers\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003etomate \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003epepino, \u003c\/em\u003erespectively, describes two other crops that have received scant notice in the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe subject of \"How Many Kinds of Peppers Are There?\" is the genus \u003cem\u003eCapsicum, \u003c\/em\u003ewith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his final essay, \u003cem\u003eSeeds, Sex, and Sacrifice\u003c\/em\u003e, Heiser relates myth, anthropological evidence, and botanical findings to review the connection between religion and the origin of agriculture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe audience for this book will include botanists, horticulturists, anthropologists, and any reader interested in the interrelationships between plants and people.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 252\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 8.28 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862812786976,"sku":"9780806124100","price":39.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/IwdmWonINn9780806124100.webp?v=1781635772","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/of-plants-and-people-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}