Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline
Bulletin of the history of medicine September 1, 1998 Karen Reeds 3 citations
Reviewed by: Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline Karen Reeds Richard Evans Schultes and Siri von Reis, eds. Ethnobotany: Evolution of a Discipline. Portland, Ore.: Timber Press, 1995. 414 pp. Ill. $49.95. As a word, ethnobotany is just a century old: it was coined by the American taxonomic botanist John W. Harshberger in 1895. As a discipline, it is barely a half-century old. Since 1941,...