Poisonous plants : a cultural and social history / Robert Bevan-Jones.
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TextPublisher: Oxford : Windgather Press, [2009]Distributor: Oakville, CT : [Distributed by] David Brown Book Co.Copyright date: ©2009Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages) : illustrations (some color)Content type: - text
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- 9781909686229
- 1909686220
- 9781909686243
- 1909686247
- Poisonous plants -- Great Britain -- History
- Poisonous plants -- Europe -- History
- Poisonous plants -- Social aspects -- Great Britain
- Poisonous plants -- Social aspects -- Europe
- Poisonous plants -- Great Britain -- Identification
- Poisonous plants -- Europe -- Identification
- SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany
- Poisonous plants
- Europe
- Great Britain
- Giftpflanzen
- Sozialgeschichte
- Nordwesteuropa
- Giftpflanzen
- Sozialgeschichte
- Nordwesteuropa
- 581.659094 22
- QK100.G7 B48 2009eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Concise History of Poisonous Plants in Britain and Europe -- pt. II. A-Z of Poisonous Plants -- pt. III. Mushrooms, Toadstools and Other Fungi -- Appendix I. Table of poisonous plants mentioned in early European texts -- Appendix II. Table of poisonous plants not listed in the main A-Z section -- Appendix III. Research tools.
Robert Bevan-Jones brings together a wealth of documentary and archaeo-botanical sources to discuss the cultural, social (and anti-social) role of the 50 most significant species of poisonous plants and fungi found in Britain, either as natives or as introductions.
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