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Author Mandaville, James P.

Title Bedouin ethnobotany : plant concepts and uses in a desert pastoral world / James P. Mandaville
Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 397 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Introduction -- The land -- The people -- Stars, land, and plants: an annual round of Bedouin life -- Plants for use -- Plants as concept and name -- Generics and subgenerics: a descriptive list -- Bedouin plant lore in space and time
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Bedouins -- Ethnobotany -- Arabian Peninsula
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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Bedouins -- Social life and customs.
Desert ecology.
Desert plants.
Ethnobotany.
Manners and customs.
Pastoral systems.
Plant names, Popular.
Plants -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
SUBJECT Arabian Peninsula -- Social life and customs
Subject Arabian Peninsula.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010044069
ISBN 9780816503438
0816503435