Yew / / Fred Hageneder
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| Autore: |
Hageneder Fred
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| Titolo: |
Yew / / Fred Hageneder
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Reaktion Books, , 2013 |
| ©2013 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 585.6 |
| Soggetto topico: | Yew |
| Yew - History | |
| Yew - Utilization | |
| Yew in art | |
| Plants and civilization | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 i |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Yew |
| ISBN: | 1-78023-207-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787049803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Botanical (Reaktion Books (Firm))