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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 4, Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach (Hardcover)
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Science and Civilisation in China, Part 4, Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach (Hardcover)
Series: Science and Civilisation in China
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This volume offers a comprehensive and authoritative account of
botanical knowledge in China from ancient times to the end of the
seventeenth century. In this highly illustrated study, Georges
Metailie explores the perception and use of a wealth of plants and
vegetation in China before the introduction of modern botany.
Drawing from a number of original Chinese texts, which have been
translated for the first time, Metailie gives new insights into a
variety of aspects of plant knowledge in ancient China. Chapters
are devoted to traditional botany and sources of classification,
aquatic plants, fungi, horticultural techniques, fruit production,
grafting and the influences of ancient Chinese plant culture on
Europe. This volume combines technical expertise in the
identification of plants with historical and anthropological
sensitivity to propose a new, non-teleological view of scientific
knowledge about the botanical world in ancient China.
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