Botanical Progress, Horticultural Innovations and Cultural Changes

by Nurhan Atasoy and Yizhar Hirschfeld

From Roman times to the present, knowledge of plants and their cultivation have exerted a deep impact on cultural changes. This book highlights the religious, artistic, political, and economic consequences of horticultural pursuits.

Far from a mere trade, horticulture profoundly affected Jewish and Persian mystical poetry and caused deep changes in Ottoman arts. It contributed to economic and political changes in Judea, Al Andalus, Japan,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884023273
• ISBN13: 9780884023272
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.5" x 10.4"