Bedouin ethnobotany : plant concepts and uses in a desert pastoral world / James P. Mandaville.

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Main Author: Mandaville, James P.
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2011], ©2011.
Subjects:
Bedouins > Arabian Peninsula > Ethnobotany.
Bedouins > Arabian Peninsula > Social life and customs.
Ethnobotany > Arabian Peninsula.
Pastoral systems > Arabian Peninsula.
Desert plants > Arabian Peninsula.
Desert ecology > Arabian Peninsula.
Plant names, Popular > Arabian Peninsula.
Plants > Religious aspects > Islam.
Arabian Peninsula > Social life and customs.
Physical Description:xiii, 397 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Format: Software Book
Description
Note:Accompanied by one CD-ROM containing a supplemental Appendix (Plants of the Bedouin lexicon arranged by botanical family), photographs (Terrain and plant communities -- The people -- The plants) and a sound clip (A Bedouin song, with translation and notes)
Call Number:DS36.9.B4 M36 2011
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780816529001 (cloth : alk. paper)
0816529000 (cloth : alk. paper)