Plants in Samoan Culture: The Ethnobotany of Samoa
| AUTHOR | Whistler, W. Arthur |
| PUBLISHER | W. Arthur Whistler (02/28/2005) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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"Samoans have learned by centuries of experience which trees provide the best timber, which plants are edible, which make the best cordage, and which can be used as medicines. However, as people move away from a culture based on the traditional use of the surrounding plants and animals to one based on imported goods, they lose a valuable part of their tradition.... Samoans have been the keepers of this knowledge and these plants for close to three millennia, but as we begin the new millennium, traditional lore is unfortunately no longer being passed on to the younger generation. This loss of traditional plant lore and traditional plants has prompted me to write Plants in Samoan Culture." --from the Preface
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ISBN-13:
9780964542662
ISBN-10:
0964542668
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
240
Carton Quantity:
32
Product Dimensions:
7.12 x 0.49 x 9.94 inches
Weight:
1.32 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Science | Life Sciences - Botany
Science | Plants - General
Science | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General
Dewey Decimal:
581
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"Samoans have learned by centuries of experience which trees provide the best timber, which plants are edible, which make the best cordage, and which can be used as medicines. However, as people move away from a culture based on the traditional use of the surrounding plants and animals to one based on imported goods, they lose a valuable part of their tradition.... Samoans have been the keepers of this knowledge and these plants for close to three millennia, but as we begin the new millennium, traditional lore is unfortunately no longer being passed on to the younger generation. This loss of traditional plant lore and traditional plants has prompted me to write Plants in Samoan Culture." --from the Preface
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Author:
Whistler, W. Arthur
Art Whistler was born near Death Valley, California, to which he attributes his early love of plants and vegetation. After receiving a B.A. and an M.A. at the University of California, he served three years with the U.S. Peace Corps in Western Samoa where he taught high school biology. Resuming his schooling, he received a Ph.D. in Botany at the University of Hawai'i in 1979. Since then he has made numerous research trips to Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tahiti, and elsewhere in the Pacific, working on the ethnobotany, medicinal plants, and flora of the islands. Currently he is a full time consultant with his company Isle Botanica, and prior to that, he was a botanist with the National Tropical Botanical Garden. Art has published several books on the botany of the Pacific Islands, including "Polynesian Herbal Medicine" (1992), and has written numerous scientific articles on medicinal plants, ethnobotany, and floristics of Polynesia. He is an adjunct associate professor at the Lyon Arboretum in Honolulu.
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