Insects are the form of life most alien to us. Across millennia, insects have been providers and sources of food as well as feared vectors of infection. Particular insect types …
Winner of the 2022 Society of Economic Botany’s Daniel F. Austin Award A Cultural History of Plants presents a global exploration of how plants have shaped human culture. Covering …
A Cultural History of Color presents a history of 5000 years of color in western culture. The first systematic and comprehensive history, the work examines how color has been …
