Cargando…
Traveling cultures and plants : the ethnobiology and ethnopharmacy of migrations /
The tremendous increase in migrations and diasporas of human groups in the last decades are not only bringing along challenging issues for society, especially related to the economic and political management of multiculturalism and culturally effective health care, but they are also creating dramati...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
New York :
Berghahn Books,
2007.
|
| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Studies in environmental anthropology and ethnobiology ;
v. 7. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The tremendous increase in migrations and diasporas of human groups in the last decades are not only bringing along challenging issues for society, especially related to the economic and political management of multiculturalism and culturally effective health care, but they are also creating dramatic changes in traditional knowledge, believes and practices (KBP) related to (medicinal) plant use. The contributors to this volume - all internationally recognized scholars in the field of ethnobiology, transcultural pharmacy, and medical anthropology - analyze these dynamics of traditional knowl. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 283 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857455789 0857455788 |