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Palm / Fred Gray.
Van Pelt Library QK495.P17 G73 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, Fred, author.
- Series:
- Botanical (Reaktion Books (Firm))
- Reaktion's botanical series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Palms.
- Palms in art.
- Palms in literature.
- Palms--Pictorial works.
- Palm oil industry--Environmental aspects.
- Palm oil industry.
- Human-plant relationships.
- Human ecology--History.
- Human ecology.
- History.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Landscape gardening--History.
- Landscape gardening.
- Genre:
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 228 pages, 80 colour plates : coloured illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion Books, 2018.
- Summary:
- In the superbly illustrated, similarly extraordinary Palm, Fred Gray portrays the immense cultural and historical significance of these iconic and controversial plants, unfurling a tale as long and beguiling as their bladed fronds. -- Publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The Prince of Plants 7
- 2 Dissecting the Giant Herb 21
- 3 Civilizing Date 39
- 4 Western Discovery 57
- 5 Empire and Utility 83
- 6 Of Tigers, Plantations and Instant Noodles 105
- 7 The Ornamental Palm 131
- 8 Captive Performer 155
- 9 Abstractions and Fantasies 179.
- Notes:
- Incudes bibliography and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781780239170
- 1780239173
- OCLC:
- 1039712058
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