Richard Evans Schultes

Where the Gods Reign (eBook, ePUB)

Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Where the Gods Reign is a scientific and creative anthropological overview of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem-featuring writings and excerpts on rivers, ethnic groups, cultural customs, rubber and cocoa plants, drugs and medicines, and more.

Beautiful photographs taken by Dr. Schultes during his 14 years residing in the Colombian Amazon are accompanied by short poetic reflections, precise summaries which showcase Schultes's immense knowledge of the area, and carefully selected quotes from other great ethnographers of the Amazon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Synergetic Press
• Seitenzahl: 307
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780907791713
• Artikelnr.: 68415072

Autorenporträt

Dr. Richard Evans Schultes, regarded as the father of contemporary ethnobotany, carried out extensive field studies, particularly in the Amazon. He received numerous awards including the Cross of Boyaca, Columbia's highest honor, and the annual GOld Medal of the World Wildlife Fund. In 1987 he received the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and in 1992 he was awarded the Linnean Gold Medal, the highest award a botanist can receive. Dr. Schultes was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Linnean Society of London, three Latin American Academies, the Academy of India, and the Third World Academy of Sciences.