THE GREAT CACTI Ethnobotany & Biogeography Mint Hardcover Book Arizona

Description: From a Green Valley, Arizona collector's estate: THE GREAT CACTI Ethnobotany & Biogeography By David YetmanUniversity of Arizona Press,Tucson, Arizona 2007 Condition: Mint. Very slight bookcase scuffing to dust jacket. A beautiful book with both comprehensive detail about these spectacular plants as well as plentiful color photographs. Please examine all of the photos carefully and ask any questions before bidding. Media mail shipping to U.S. (48 states only) is $8.95. Product Information: Towering over deserts, arid scrublands, and dry tropical forests, giant cacti grow throughout the Americas, from the United States to Argentina--often in rough terrain and on barren, parched soils, places inhospitable to people. But as David Yetman shows, many of these tall plants have contributed significantly to human survival. Yetman has been fascinated by columnar cacti for most of his life and now brings years of study and reflection to a wide-ranging and handsomely illustrated book. Drawing on his close association with the Guarij os, Mayos, and Seris of Mexico--peoples for whom such cacti have been indispensable to survival--he offers surprising evidence of the importance of these plants in human cultures. The Great Cacti reviews the more than one hundred species of columnar cacti, with detailed discussions of some 75 that have been the most beneficial to humans or are most spectacular. Focusing particularly on northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States, Yetman examines the role of each species in human society, describing how cacti have provided food, shelter, medicine, even religiously significant hallucinogens. Taking readers to the exotic sites where these cacti are found--from sea-level deserts to frigid Andean heights--Yetman shows that the great cacti have facilitated the development of native culture in hostile environments, yielding their products with no tending necessary. Enhanced by over 300 superb color photos, The Great Cacti is both a personal and scientific overview of sahuesos, soberbios, and other towering flora that flourish where few other plants grow--and that foster human life in otherwise impossible places. Click here to see my other items for sale Click here to read my feedback. Bid with confidence Vintage Sacramento, vintage California, California history, rare book, chicago, Illinois, railroad history, steam locomotive,Chicago history, Antique Chicago, Lionel, Kalo, Steam Engine, Tucson, Magdalena, Jesuits, Franciscans, San Xavier Mission, Papago, Tohono o'odham, Tucson, Sonora, MExican Revolution, Pancho Villa, border, Maria Martinez, San Ildefonso, Zia, Zuni Popovi Da, Tafoya,Nampeyo, Hopi, Santo Domingo, maynard dixon, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, New Mexico, modern art, contemporary art, museum, Georgia O'Keefe, Taos, landscape,western art, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Mountain Lion, desert, Cactus, Tucson

Price: 50 USD

Location: Tucson, Arizona

End Time: 2024-11-11T04:10:57.000Z

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