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100 1 $aLaws, Bill.
245 10 $aFifty plants that changed the course of history /$cwritten by Bill Laws.
246 3 $a50 plants that changed the course of history
260 $aRichmond Hill, Ont. :$bFirefly Books,$c2010.
300 $a223 p. :$bill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and webography (p. 218-219) and index.
520 $a[This] is a beautifully presented guide to the plants that have had the greatest impact on human civilization. Weaving together strands of economic, political, and industrial history, each entry is a fascinating look at the most influential plants known to mankind. -- P. [4] of cover.
505 0 $aIntroduction -- Agave -- Onion -- Pineapple -- Bamboo -- Wild cabbage -- Tea -- Hemp -- Chili pepper -- Cinchona -- Sweet orange -- Coconut -- Coffee -- Cilantro -- Saffron -- Papyrus -- Foxglove -- Yam -- Cardamom -- Coca -- Eucalyptus -- Ferns -- Soybean -- Upland cotton -- Sunflower -- Rubber -- Barley -- Hop -- Indigo -- Sweet pea -- Lavender -- Crab apple -- White mulberry -- Nutmeg -- Tobacco -- Olive -- Rice -- Opium poppy -- Black pepper -- English oak -- Dog rose -- Sugar cane -- White willow -- Potato -- Cacao -- Common wheat -- Tulip -- Vanilla -- Wine grape -- Corn -- Ginger.
650 0 $aPlants and history.
650 0 $aPlants, Useful.
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650 6 $aPlantes utiles.
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