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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kat Anderson |
| ISBN: | 0520238567 9780520238565 0520248511 9780520248519 |
| OCLC Number: | 56103978 |
| Description: | xxix, 526 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | M. Kat Anderson. |
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"This fascinating book is rich with information and beautifully written for a broad audience of both laypeople and professionals." - Sue Rosenthal, Bay Nature "Tending the Wild is an enormously rich and highly readable text on the remarkably diverse land management techniques practiced by California Indians over millennia. This book serves as an invaluable resource as we strive to conserve California's enormous cultural and biotic heritage in the new century. A triumph!" - Michael H. Horn, California State University Fullerton "Tending the Wild supports the little know fact that Indian groups in California historically practiced a kind of "environmental bonsai" through their centuries long management activities. Kat Anderson's work is timely and will make an important contribution toward a better understanding of the historic ecologies of North America." - Greg Cajete, University of New Mexico" Read more...
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- Indians of North America -- Agriculture -- California.
- Indians of North America -- California -- History.
- Human ecology -- California.
- Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- California -- History.
- Indiens d'Amérique -- Agriculture -- Californie.
- Indiens d'Amérique -- Californie -- Histoire.
- Écologie humaine -- Californie.
- Homme -- Influence sur la nature -- Californie -- Histoire.
- Umweltverträglichkeit.
- Umweltnutzung.
- Indianer.
- Kalifornien.
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