Where our food comes from [[electronic resource] ] : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson |
Autore | Nabhan Gary Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.6/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Centers of plant diversity
Plant collecting Botanical specimens - Collection and preservation Food crops - Germplasm resources - Collection and preservation |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-59726-517-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Ch. 1: The Art Museum and the Seed Bank; Ch. 2: The Hunger Artist and the Horn of Plenty; Ch. 3: Melting Glaciers and Waves of Grain: The Pamirs; Ch. 4: Drought and the Decline of Variety: The Po Valley; Ch. 5: From Breadbasket to Basket Case: The Levant; Ch. 6: Date Palm Oases and Desert Crops: The Maghreb; Ch. 7: Finding Food in Famine's Wake: Ethiopia; Ch. 8: Apples and Boomtown Growth: Kazakhstan; Ch. 9: Rediscovering America and Surviving the Dust Bowl: The U.S. Southwest; Ch. 10: Logged Forests and Lost Seeds: The Sierra Madre
Ch. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458008303321 |
Nabhan Gary Paul | ||
Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Where our food comes from [[electronic resource] ] : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson |
Autore | Nabhan Gary Paul |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.6/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Centers of plant diversity
Plant collecting Botanical specimens - Collection and preservation Food crops - Germplasm resources - Collection and preservation |
ISBN | 1-59726-517-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Ch. 1: The Art Museum and the Seed Bank; Ch. 2: The Hunger Artist and the Horn of Plenty; Ch. 3: Melting Glaciers and Waves of Grain: The Pamirs; Ch. 4: Drought and the Decline of Variety: The Po Valley; Ch. 5: From Breadbasket to Basket Case: The Levant; Ch. 6: Date Palm Oases and Desert Crops: The Maghreb; Ch. 7: Finding Food in Famine's Wake: Ethiopia; Ch. 8: Apples and Boomtown Growth: Kazakhstan; Ch. 9: Rediscovering America and Surviving the Dust Bowl: The U.S. Southwest; Ch. 10: Logged Forests and Lost Seeds: The Sierra Madre
Ch. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781849703321 |
Nabhan Gary Paul | ||
Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Where our food comes from : retracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine / / Gary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson |
Autore | Nabhan Gary Paul |
Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 581.6/32 |
Soggetto topico |
Centers of plant diversity
Plant collecting Botanical specimens - Collection and preservation Food crops - Germplasm resources - Collection and preservation |
ISBN | 1-59726-517-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Ch. 1: The Art Museum and the Seed Bank; Ch. 2: The Hunger Artist and the Horn of Plenty; Ch. 3: Melting Glaciers and Waves of Grain: The Pamirs; Ch. 4: Drought and the Decline of Variety: The Po Valley; Ch. 5: From Breadbasket to Basket Case: The Levant; Ch. 6: Date Palm Oases and Desert Crops: The Maghreb; Ch. 7: Finding Food in Famine's Wake: Ethiopia; Ch. 8: Apples and Boomtown Growth: Kazakhstan; Ch. 9: Rediscovering America and Surviving the Dust Bowl: The U.S. Southwest; Ch. 10: Logged Forests and Lost Seeds: The Sierra Madre
Ch. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816173903321 |
Nabhan Gary Paul | ||
Washington [D.C.], : Island Press/Shearwater Books, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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