Weeds

Name: Weeds
Brand: Reaktion Books
SKU: 9781789149586
Price: 2850 KES
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ISBN: 9781789149586

by Nina Edwards

Book Details

Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Botanical

ISBN-10 1789149584

ISBN-13 9781789149586

Publisher Reaktion Books

Imprint Reaktion Books

Country of Manufacture IN

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Oct 7th, 2024

Print length 240 Pages

Weight 482 grams

Dimensions 13.90 x 21.60 x 1.80 cms

Product Classification: Trees, wildflowers & plants Trees, wildflowers and plants: general interest

KSh 2,850.00

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A scientific and cultural 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.

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