Kim Walker, Mark Nesbitt

Gebundenes Buch

Just the Tonic

A Natural History of Tonic Water

Beschreibung

Just the Tonic is an accessible yet informative history of tonic water: its connections to the major disease malaria, the cure discovered in the bark of the cinchona tree and its constituent alkaloid quinine. It is a history deeply intertwined with botanical exploration and empire in the Victorian era, and the role of botanical gardens such as Kew.

Autor

Kim Walker trained as a medical herbalist and now specializes in the history of plant medicines. She is currently working on a PhD on cinchona at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the coauthor of The Handmade Apothecary and The Herbal Remedy Handbook. Mark Nesbitt is curator of the Economic Botany Collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is the coauthor of Curating Biocultural Collections and The Botanical Treasury, the former published by Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the latter published by the University of Chicago Press.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Royal Botanic Gardens
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 181mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781842466896
• ISBN-10: 1842466895
• Artikelnr.: 55778464