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Plants go to war : a botanical history of World War II / Judith Sumner.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2019]Description: vi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9781476676128
  • 1476676127
Other title:
  • Botanical history of World War II
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB107 .S85 2019
NLM classification:
  • HD 1415
Contents:
Victory gardens -- Dig for victory -- Vitamins and food preservation -- Botanical diet and cookery -- Feeding the military -- Agriculture at war -- Medicinal botany -- Fibers -- Forestry, timber, and wood -- Oils, resins, and rubber -- Survival -- Botanical gardens, herbaria, and plant science in wartime.
Summary: "As the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science. From victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials with key roles in victory. Botanical gardens relocated valuable specimens to safe areas, and remote locations provided opportunities for field botany"--
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Lending Books Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves SB468 .S86 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39352800179152
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-349) and index.

Victory gardens -- Dig for victory -- Vitamins and food preservation -- Botanical diet and cookery -- Feeding the military -- Agriculture at war -- Medicinal botany -- Fibers -- Forestry, timber, and wood -- Oils, resins, and rubber -- Survival -- Botanical gardens, herbaria, and plant science in wartime.

"As the first botanical history of World War II, Plants Go to War examines military history from the perspective of plant science. From victory gardens to drugs, timber, rubber, and fibers, plants supplied materials with key roles in victory. Botanical gardens relocated valuable specimens to safe areas, and remote locations provided opportunities for field botany"--

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