Ethnobotany for Beginners

Resumo

This book has been designed for beginners—the people interested in a quick and pleasant read containing an overview of ethnobotany and its major developments. Therefore, the language is clear, objective, and straightforward, structured to take the reader from the origins of this science to the present day. There are several books on ethnobotany, many dealing especially with methods, but the present one fills the gap of an introductory text that aims to prepare the reader for more dense and complex readings of the topic.
This book is intended for students and professionals from different areas of knowledge such as biology, botany, agronomy, and anthropology, but also to the student interested in ethnobotany. The idea of writing the first edition was born from a short course taught by the first author on the subject at the end of 1993, and since then, the proposal was to bring the reader into contact with ethnobotany clearly and objectively. For, despite its historical nature and its theoretical and practical importance, ethnobotany still requires greater promotion in academic circles