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  • Plants in the Civil War
    Judith Sumner
    Slavery was at the heart of the South’s agrarian economy before and during the Civil War. Agriculture provided products essential to the war effort, from dietary rations to antimalarial drugs to raw materials for military uniforms and engineering. Drawing on a range of primary sources, this history examines the botany and ethnobotany of America’s defining conflict. The autho...
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    58,46 €

  • Plants Go to War
    Judith Sumner
    As the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science. From victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials with key roles in victory. Vegetables provided the wartime diet both in North America and Europe, where vitamin-rich carrots, cabbages, and potatoes nourished mil...
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    59,04 €

  • The Natural History of Medicinal Plants
    Judith Sumner
    A fascinating look into the history of plants in medicine, it also details the range of chemicals produced by medicinal plants and explores the prospects for future discoveries. Foreword by Mark J.Plotkin. With 30 b/w photos and 45 b/w drawings. This is a black-and-white edition. ...
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    21,89 €