Weeds
Seiten
2024
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-958-6 (ISBN)
Reaktion Books (Verlag)
978-1-78914-958-6 (ISBN)
A scientific and botanical history of weeds, from unwanted intruder to beautiful ornament.
To most of us, weeds can seem nothing more than intruders in gardens, farms and city streets. But the idea of the weed is a slippery one, constantly changing according to different needs, fashions and contexts. In a well-ordered field of corn, a scarlet poppy is a bright red intruder, but in other parts of the world it is an important cultural symbol, a potent and lucrative pharmaceutical source, or simply a beautiful ornament. Fat hen, which today we consider a pest, was in Neolithic times a staple crop, its seeds an important source of nutrition. Weeds sketches the history of the fashions and attitudes that have shaped our fields and gardens, showing that what we keep out of them is just as fascinating as what we put in.
To most of us, weeds can seem nothing more than intruders in gardens, farms and city streets. But the idea of the weed is a slippery one, constantly changing according to different needs, fashions and contexts. In a well-ordered field of corn, a scarlet poppy is a bright red intruder, but in other parts of the world it is an important cultural symbol, a potent and lucrative pharmaceutical source, or simply a beautiful ornament. Fat hen, which today we consider a pest, was in Neolithic times a staple crop, its seeds an important source of nutrition. Weeds sketches the history of the fashions and attitudes that have shaped our fields and gardens, showing that what we keep out of them is just as fascinating as what we put in.
Nina Edwards is a freelance writer who lives in London. She is the author of Offal: A Global History, also published by Reaktion Books.
Introduction
One: The Idea of Weeds
Two: The Background
Three: Image and Allegory
Four: Unnatural Selection: The War on Weeds
Five: Useful Weeds
Six: In Our Diet
Seven: A Wild and Weedy Garden
Afterword
Timeline
Glossary
References
Further Reading
Associations and Websites
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Botanical |
| Zusatzinfo | 120 illustrations, 92 in colour |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78914-958-4 / 1789149584 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78914-958-6 / 9781789149586 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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