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Gods, wasps, and stranglers : the secret history and redemptive future of fig trees / Mike Shanahan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, 2016Description: 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781603587143
  • 1603587144
  • 9781603587976
  • 1603587977
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QK495.M73 S53 2016
Contents:
Snakes and ladders & tantalising figs -- Trees of life, trees of knowledge -- A long seduction -- Banyans and the birth of botany -- Botanical monkeys -- Sex & violence in the hanging gardens -- Struggles for existence -- Goodbye to the gardeners, hello to the heat -- From dependence to domination -- The war of the trees -- The testimony of volcanoes -- Once destroyed, forever lost? -- A wedding invitation.
Summary: They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers rainforest royalty more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers tells their amazing story.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB365 .S42 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800171407
Total holds: 0

"Originally published in the United Kingdom by Unbound in 2016 as Ladders to Heaven." - t.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-196).

Snakes and ladders & tantalising figs -- Trees of life, trees of knowledge -- A long seduction -- Banyans and the birth of botany -- Botanical monkeys -- Sex & violence in the hanging gardens -- Struggles for existence -- Goodbye to the gardeners, hello to the heat -- From dependence to domination -- The war of the trees -- The testimony of volcanoes -- Once destroyed, forever lost? -- A wedding invitation.

They are trees of life and trees of knowledge. They are wish-fulfillers rainforest royalty more precious than gold. They are the fig trees, and they have affected humanity in profound but little-known ways. Gods, Wasps, and Stranglers tells their amazing story.

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