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Berghahn Books Ethnobotany in the New Europe People Health and Wild Plant Resources 2010 Edition by Manuel Pardo-De-Santayana, Andrea Pieroni, Rajindra K. Puri
The study of European wild food plants and herbal medicines is an old discipline that has been invigorated by a new generation of researchers pursuing ethnobotanical studies in fresh contexts. Modern botanical and medical science itself was built on studies of Medieval Europeans' use of food plants and medicinal herbs. In spite of monumental changes introduced in the Age of Discovery and Mercantile Capitalism, some communities, often of immigrants in foreign lands, continue to hold on to old recipes and traditions, while others have adopted and enculturated exotic plants and remedies into their diets and pharmacopoeia in new and creative ways. Now in the 21st century, in the age of the European Union and Globalization, European folk botany is once again dynamically responding to changing cultural, economic, and political contexts. The authors and studies presented in this book reflect work being conducted across Europe's many regions. They tell the story of the on-going evolution of human-plant relations in one of the most bioculturally dynamic places on the planet, and explore new approaches that link the re-evaluation of plant-based cultural heritage with the conservation and use of biocultural diversity. Table of contents :- List of FiguresList of TablesList of AppendixesChapter 1. The Ethnobotany of Europe, Past and PresentManuel Pardo-de-Santayana, Andrea Pieroni and Rajindra K. PuriChapter 2. People and Plants in Lepushe: Traditional Medicine, Local Foods and Post-communism in a Northern Albanian VillageAndrea PieroniChapter 3. The Cultural Significance of Wild-gathered Plant Species in Kartitsch (Eastern Tyrol, Austria) and the Influence of Socioeconomic Changes on Local Gathering PracticesAnja Christanell, Brigitte Vogl-Lukasser, Christian R. Vogl and Marianne GutlerChapter 4. Local Innovations to Folk Medical Conditions: Two Major Phytotherapeutic Treatments from the Maltese IslandsTimothy J. TaboneChapter 5. Local Awareness of Scarcity and Endangerment of Medicinal Plants in Roussenski Lom Natural Park in Northern BulgariaHugo J. de BoerChapter 6. 'My Doctor Doesn't Understand Why I Use Them': Herbal and Food Medicines amongst the Bangladeshi Community in West Yorkshire, U.K.Andrea Pieroni, Hadar Zaman, Shamila Ayub and Bren TorryChapter 7. Persistence of Wild Food and Wild Medicinal Plant Knowledge in a Northeastern Region of PortugalAna Maria Carvalho and Ramon MoralesChapter 8. The Use of Wild Edible Plants in the Graecanic Area in Calabria, Southern ItalySabine Nebel and Michael HeinrichChapter 9. The Ecology and Use of Edible Thistles in Evora, Alentejo, Southeastern PortugalMaria Jose Barao and Alexandra Soveral DiasChapter 10. Spring is Coming: The Gathering and Consumption of Wild Vegetables in SpainJavier TardioChapter 11. Plants as Symbols in Scotland TodayVeerle Van den EyndenChapter 12. The Botanical Identity and Cultural Significance of Lithuanian Jovaras: An Ethnobotanical RiddleDaiva Seskauskaite and Bernd GliwaChapter 13. Norway's Rosmarin(Rhododendron tomentosum) in Past and Present TraditionTorbjorn Alm and Marianne IversenChapter 14. Chamomiles in Spain: The Dynamics of Plant NomenclatureManuel Pardo-de-Santayana and Ramon MoralesChapter 15. A Preliminary Study of the Plant Knowledge and Grassland Management Practices of English Livestock Farmers, with Implications for Grassland ConservationJenny L. McCuneChapter 16. A Comparative Study of Rural and Urban Allotments in Gravesham, Kent, U.K.Christine WildhaberNotes on Contributors Index