Plants go to war : a botanical history of World War II / Judith Sumner.
Material type: TextPublisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2019]Description: vi, 360 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781476676128
- 1476676127
- Botanical history of World War II
- SB107 .S85 2019
- HD 1415
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Lending Books | Elisabeth C. Miller Library Tall Shelves | SB468 .S86 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39352800179152 |
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"--