| Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations and Cultural Changes Contributor(s): Conan, Michel (Editor), Kress, W. John (Editor), Ambrosoli, Mauro (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0884023273 ISBN-13: 9780884023272 Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2007 Annotation: From Roman times to the present, knowledge of plants and their cultivation have exerted a deep impact on cultural changes. This book highlights the religious, artistic, political, and economic consequences of horticultural pursuits. Far from a mere trade, horticulture profoundly affected Jewish and Persian mystical poetry and caused deep changes in Ottoman arts. It contributed to economic and political changes in Judea, Al Andalus, Japan, Yuan China, early modern Mexico, Europe, and the United States. This book explores the roles of peasants, botanists, horticulturists, nurserymen and gentlemen collectors in these developments, and concludes with a reflection on the future of horticulture in the present context of widespread environmental devastation and ecological uncertainty. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Landscape - Science | Life Sciences - Botany - Science | History |
| Dewey: 581.63 |
| LCCN: 2006036414 |
| Series: Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 9.49" W x 10.38" (2.91 lbs) 278 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Kress, W. John: - W. John Kress is Chairman of the Department of Botany at Smithsonian Institution.Evans, Susan Toby: - Susan Toby Evans is Adjunct Professor of Anthropology at Pennsylvania State University.Wolfson, Elliot R.: - Elliot R. Wolfson is Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies at New York University.Conan, Michel: - Michel Conan is the former Director of Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks. |