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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: William Balée (Professor, Tulane University)Publisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.737kg ISBN: 9780231074858ISBN 10: 0231074859 Pages: 416 Publication Date: 10 November 1999 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThe complete ethnobotany has yet to be written, but Footprints of the Forest... moves one step closer to that Sisyphean goal... I know of no other work as comprehensive as this one. -- BioScience The most detailed and thorough analysis ever produced of indigenous plants and plant use in Amazonia... Balee's perspective skillfully integrates historical and ethnohistorical data with his contemporary research, yielding a finely nuanced view of Ka'apor ethnology and neatly meshed comparisons with a number of other Amazonian groups. -- American Anthropologist This book provides a unique insight into the relationships between an Amazonian people and the botanical environment of the Amazon Basin. -- Southeastern Naturalist The complete ethnobotany has yet to be written, but Footprints of the Forest... moves one step closer to that Sisyphean goal... I know of no other work as comprehensive as this one. BioScience The most detailed and thorough analysis ever produced of indigenous plants and plant use in Amazonia... Balee's perspective skillfully integrates historical and ethnohistorical data with his contemporary research, yielding a finely nuanced view of Ka'apor ethnology and neatly meshed comparisons with a number of other Amazonian groups. American Anthropologist This book provides a unique insight into the relationships between an Amazonian people and the botanical environment of the Amazon Basin. Southeastern Naturalist The complete ethnobotany has yet to be written, but Footprints of the Forest... moves one step closer to that Sisyphean goal... I know of no other work as comprehensive as this one. BioScience The most detailed and thorough analysis ever produced of indigenous plants and plant use in Amazonia... Bal e's perspective skillfully integrates historical and ethnohistorical data with his contemporary research, yielding a finely nuanced view of Ka'apor ethnology and neatly meshed comparisons with a number of other Amazonian groups. American Anthropologist This book provides a unique insight into the relationships between an Amazonian people and the botanical environment of the Amazon Basin. Southeastern Naturalist Author InformationWilliam Balee is a professor of anthropology at Tulane University and the editor of Advances in Historical Ecology. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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