02740nam 2200661 450 991078704980332120230803035351.01-78023-207-1(CKB)3710000000248862(EBL)1803094(SSID)ssj0001378030(PQKBManifestationID)11768731(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001378030(PQKBWorkID)11328628(PQKB)10997346(MiAaPQ)EBC1803094(Au-PeEL)EBL1803094(CaPaEBR)ebr10945331(CaONFJC)MIL649547(OCoLC)892244635(EXLCZ)99371000000024886220141008h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrYew /Fred HagenederLondon :Reaktion Books,2013.©20131 online resource (210 p.)Botanical SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-18283-3 1-78023-189-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Yew; Imprint Page; Contents; Introduction; One: Early Yew; Two: Botanical Yew; Three: Social Yew; Four: Ancient Yew; Five: Hospitable Yew; Six: Poisonous Yew; Seven: Political Yew; Eight: Aesthetic Yew; Nine: Metaphysical Yew; Ten: Sacred Yew; Eleven: Threatened Yew; Timeline; References; Further Reading; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index The yew is the oldest and most common tree in the world, but it is a plant of puzzling contradictions: it is a conifer with juicy scarlet berries, but no cones; deer can feast on its poisonous foliage, but it is lethal to farm animals; and it thrives where other plants cannot because of its extraordinarily low rate of photosynthesis. Exploring this paradoxical plant in Yew, Fred Hageneder surveys its position in religious and cultural history, its role in the creation of the British Empire, and its place in modern medicine. Hageneder explains the way the yew is able to renew itself from the iBotanical (Reaktion Books (Firm))YewYewHistoryYewUtilizationYew in artPlants and civilizationYew.YewHistory.YewUtilization.Yew in art.Plants and civilization.585.6Hageneder Fred1504431MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787049803321Yew3733439UNINA