Prickly Pear: A Social History of a Plant in the Eastern Cape

by William Beinart and Luvuyo Wotshela

An explanation of how an invasive cactus from Mexico became a source of income in Africa While there are many studies of the global influence of crops and plants, this is perhaps the first social history based around a plant in South Africa. Plants are not quite historical actors in their own right, but their properties and potential help to shape human history. Plants such as prickly pear tend to be invisible to those who do not use them, or at least...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1868145301
• ISBN13: 9781868145300
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Wits University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.4"