Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations and Cultural Changes

Second Hand
Softcover
Author: Conan, M. and Kress, J.
Published by: Dumbarton Oaks; Harvard University Press
Language: English

Book Condition: Very Good+.
Very lightly used. Just a little shelfwear.
Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium on the History of Landscape Architecture XXVIII held at Dumbarton Oaks, May 6-8, 2004.
From Roman times to the present, knowledge of plants and their cultivation have exerted a deep impact on cultural changes. This book highlights the religious, artistic, political, and economic consequences of horticultural pursuits. Far from a mere trade, horticulture profoundly affected Jewish and Persian mystical poetry and caused deep changes in Ottoman arts. It contributed to economic and political changes in Judea, Al Andalus, Japan, Yuan China, early modern Mexico, Europe, and the United States. This book explores the roles of peasants, botanists, horticulturists, nurserymen and gentlemen collectors in these developments, and concludes with a reflection on the future of horticulture in the present context of widespread environmental devastation and ecological uncertainty.
ISBN: 9780884023272