This short, compact study is a model of ethnobotanical research, and I highly recommend it for classroom use. Nolan hardly wastes a word. He states the theory, methodology, and major findings clearly and straightforwardly, and thus can get an astonishing amount of data into a hundred pages. The simple, accessible prose quickly gives way to highly sophisticated, mathematicized analysis.
... Read moreJournal Of Ethnobiology, Spring/Summer 2008
Ethnobotany, all too often, focuses on traditional, non-industrialized societies; this book draws our attention to natural resource knowledge in our own backyard. Nolan has produced a well-researched vision of ethnobotany of Little Dixie—famous for its antebellum plantation history—in the Missouri heartland, which simultaneously addresses global issues.
Human Ecology, 15 July 2009
This work is valuable for ethnobotanists, folklorists, and anthropologists. . . . Recommended.
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A very nice little book….Nolan has produced a well researched vision of ethnobotany of Little Dixie-famous for its anti-bellum plantation history-in the Missouri heartland, which simultaneously addresses global issues.
July 15, 2009
Human Ecology
This short, compact study is a model of ethnobotanical research, and I highly recommend it for classroom use. Nolan hardly wastes a word. He states the theory, methodology, and major findings clearly and straightforwardly and thus can get a large amount of data into a hundred pages.
E.N. Anderson, University of California Show Less