Kava : the Pacific drug /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Lebot, Vincent (Author), Merlin, Mark David (Author), Lindstrom, Lamont, 1953- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1992]
Series:Psychoactive plants of the world.
Subjects:
Kava (Beverage)
Kava plant.
Kava ceremony.
Ethnology > Oceania.
Kava (Boisson)
Kava (Plante)
Cérémonie du kava.
Ethnologie > Océanie.
Ethnology
Kava ceremony
Kava plant
Manners and customs
Oceania > Social life and customs.
Océanie > Mœurs et coutumes.
Oceania
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Botany : morphology, biogeography, and orogin of the species
  • 3. Chemistry : active principles and their effects
  • 4. Ethnobotany : cultivation, classification, preparation, and medicinal use
  • 5. Anthropology : the cultural significance and social uses of kava
  • 6. Economics : kava as a cash crop
  • 7. Kava : a world drug?

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