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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Bibliographies and Literature of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 748
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Rhubarb
Author: Clifford M. Foust
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400862655
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 394
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An Asian plant with mysterious cathartic powers, medicinal rhubarb spurred European trade expeditions and obsessive scientific inquiry from the Renaissance until the twentieth century. Rarely, however, had there been a plant that so thoroughly frustrated Europeans' efforts to acquire it and to master its special botanical and chemical properties. Here Clifford Foust presents the remarkable efforts of the explorers, traders, botanists, gardeners, physicians, and pharmacists who tried to adapt rhubarb for convenient use in Europe. His is an intriguing tale of how humans and their institutions have been affected by natural realities they do not entirely comprehend. Readers interested in the history of medicine, pharmaceutics, botany, or horticulture will be fascinated by this once-perplexing plant: highly valued by physicians for its cathartic properties, rhubarb resisted revealing its active chemical principles, had many widely varying species, and did not breed true by seed. This history includes sections on the geographic and economic importance of rhubarb--which explain how the plant became a major state monopoly for Russia and an important commodity for the East India companies--and a discussion of rhubarb's emergence as an international culinary craze during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400862655
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
An Asian plant with mysterious cathartic powers, medicinal rhubarb spurred European trade expeditions and obsessive scientific inquiry from the Renaissance until the twentieth century. Rarely, however, had there been a plant that so thoroughly frustrated Europeans' efforts to acquire it and to master its special botanical and chemical properties. Here Clifford Foust presents the remarkable efforts of the explorers, traders, botanists, gardeners, physicians, and pharmacists who tried to adapt rhubarb for convenient use in Europe. His is an intriguing tale of how humans and their institutions have been affected by natural realities they do not entirely comprehend. Readers interested in the history of medicine, pharmaceutics, botany, or horticulture will be fascinated by this once-perplexing plant: highly valued by physicians for its cathartic properties, rhubarb resisted revealing its active chemical principles, had many widely varying species, and did not breed true by seed. This history includes sections on the geographic and economic importance of rhubarb--which explain how the plant became a major state monopoly for Russia and an important commodity for the East India companies--and a discussion of rhubarb's emergence as an international culinary craze during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
List of available publications of the United States Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Publishing Division
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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Languages : en
Pages : 68
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List of Available Publications of the United States Department of Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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A Dictionary of Dental Science, Biography, Bibliography and Medical Terminology
Author: Chapin A. HARRIS
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Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Languages : en
Pages : 812
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Agricultural Libraries Information Notes
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Category : Agricultural libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Category : Agricultural libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Herbal Emissaries
Author: Steven Foster
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892813490
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Herbal Emissaries is the first collaboration between a Chinese scientist and an American herbalist, blending traditional wisdom from both cultures with scientific verification of the effectiveness of forty-four medicinal plants. The authors supply specific techniques for cultivating these Chinese herbs and flowers in Western gardens and explain their medicinal use.
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892813490
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Herbal Emissaries is the first collaboration between a Chinese scientist and an American herbalist, blending traditional wisdom from both cultures with scientific verification of the effectiveness of forty-four medicinal plants. The authors supply specific techniques for cultivating these Chinese herbs and flowers in Western gardens and explain their medicinal use.
Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
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National Gardening
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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