Intertwined Histories: Plants in Their Social Contexts

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dc.contributor.editorEllis, Jim
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-24T18:15:51Z
dc.date.available2019-04-24T18:15:51Z
dc.date.copyright2019
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.description.abstractHow do we understand the boundaries of individual creatures? What are the systems of interdependency that bind all living creatures together? Plants were among the the first to colonize the planet. They created the soil and the atmosphere that made life possible for animals. They are some of the largest and oldest life forms on Earth. In spite of their primacy, Western cultures have traditionally regarded plants as the lowest life forms, lacking mobility, sensation, and communication. But recent research argues that plants move and respond to their environment, communicate with each other, and form partnerships with other species. Art, poetry, and essays by cultural anthropologists, experimental plant biologists, philosophers, botanists and foresters expose the complex interactions of the vibrant living world around us and give us a lens through which we can explore our intertwined histories.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEllis, J. (Ed.). (2019). Intertwined Histories: Plants in Their Social Contexts. "University of Calgary Press".en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781773850917
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/110196
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/36381
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgary Pressen_US
dc.publisher.departmentCalgary Institute for the Humanitiesen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.urlhttp://press.ucalgary.ca/en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCalgary Institute for the Humanities, 3en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.subjectFloraen_US
dc.subjectWilliam Pearceen_US
dc.subjectUrban parksen_US
dc.subjectPlant behavioren_US
dc.subjectRural ecologyen_US
dc.titleIntertwined Histories: Plants in Their Social Contextsen_US
dc.typebooken_US
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