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1 online resource (xxix, 526 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-470) and index. |
Contents |
pt. I. California at contact -- 1. The wildlife, plants, and people -- 2. Gathering, hunting, and fishing -- 3. The collision of worlds -- pt. II. Indigenous land management and its ecological basis -- 4. Methods of caring for the land -- 5. Landscapes of stewardship -- 6. Basketry : cultivating forbs, sedges, grasses, and tules -- 7. From arrows to weirs : cultivating shrubs and trees -- 8. California's cornucopia : a calculated abundance -- 9. Plant foods aboveground : seeds, grains, leaves, and fruits -- 10. Plant foods belowground : bulbs, corms, rhizomes, taproots, and tubers -- pt. III. Rekindling the old ways -- 11. Contemporary California Indian harvesting and management practices -- 12. Restoring landscapes with native knowledge -- Coda : indigenous wisdom in the modern world. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- California.
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Indians of North America -- Agriculture. |
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California. |
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Indians of North America -- California -- History.
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Indians of North America. |
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History. |
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Human ecology -- California.
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Human ecology. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- History.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Anderson, Kat, 1955- Tending the wild. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005 0520238567 (DLC) 2004017995 (OCoLC)56103978 |
ISBN |
9780520933101 (electronic book) |
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0520933109 (electronic book) |
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1423730410 (electronic book) |
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9781423730415 (electronic book) |
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0520238567 |
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9780520238565 |
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1598757962 |
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9781598757965 |
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