Intertwined histories : plants in their social contexts

Intertwined histories plants in their social contexts

How do we understand the boundaries of individual creatures? What are the systems of interdependency that bind all living creatures together? Plants were among the the first to colonize the planet. They created the soil and the atmosphere that made life possible for animals. They are some of the lar...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ellis, Jim, 1964- editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Calgary, Alberta : The University of Calgary Press [2019]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Calgary Institute for the Humanities series ; Number 3.
Subjects:
Plants > History.
Plants > Social aspects.
Plants in art.
William Pearce.
bison.
cultural geography.
flora and fauna.
forest aerial.
native grass.
nature walk.
plant behavior.
plant disease.
plant learning.
plant photography.
plant sensitivity.
rural ecology.
soil.
urban ecology.
urban forest.
urban parks.
vegetal beings.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009746836006719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • contents
  • acknowledgements
  • introduction
  • the nature of plants
  • phytognosis
  • historia plantarum
  • periculum
  • spectral garden
  • mike macdonald’s butterfly garden
  • an ancient partnership
  • big stone
  • gone today, here tomorrow
  • the city of calgary’s urban forest
  • make the waste places fruitful gardens
  • coming into noticing
  • leila sujir’s forest of pixels
  • contributors
  • Campus Alberta Collection

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