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" Grasses. "
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BL
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855404
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Harris, Stephen.
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Grasses.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Reaktion Books,, 2014.
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RB - Botanical
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1 online resource (224 pages)
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| ISBN
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1306839130
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: 178023273X
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: 1780233132
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: 9781306839136
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: 9781780232737
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178023273X
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9781780232737
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Grasses; Imprint Page; Contents; One: Dominating the Planet; Two: Roaming the World; Three: Disguising Grasses; Four: Civilizing Humans; Five: Confusing Botanists; Six: Feeding Humans; Seven: Sweetening Life; Eight: Protecting the Crop; Nine: Foraging the Fields; Ten: Making a Future; Eleven: Playing the Field; Twelve: Tramping the World; Appendix: Scientific Names; References; Further Reading; Associations and Websites; Acknowledgements; Photo Acknowledgements; Index.
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Most people have memories of playing on well-manicured lawns or running across the flat green surface of a local park, but we often don't think of grasses as something we consume. Indeed, grasses include four species-wheat, rice, maize, and sugar-that provide sixty percent of human calorie intake, and we become more and more dependent on these as the world's population increases. In this book, Stephen Harris explains the history of our relationship with these vital plants from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Combining biology, sociology, and cultural history, Gr.
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Grasses-- Utilization.
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Grasses.
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Plants and civilization.
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Plants, Useful.
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Grasses-- Utilization.
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Grasses.
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NATURE-- Plants-- General.
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Plants and civilization.
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Plants, Useful.
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584.9
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QK495 .G74 H36 2014
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