Plants and human conflict /

Plants and human conflict /

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Perhaps the least appreciated dramatis personae in human history are plants. Humans, like all other animals, cannot produce their own food as plants do through photosynthesis, and must therefore acquire organic material for survival and growth by eating plants or by eating other animals that eat pla...

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Main Author: Pichersky, Eran (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor and Francis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.
Plants and civilization.
Plants and history.
War.
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Table of Contents:
  • chapter Natural Resources as Causes of Violent Conflicts / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter Fighting Grains / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter War and Slavery Capitalism – Sugarcane, Tobacco, and Cotton / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter Killer Spices / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter Caffeine, Opium, and Other Drugs for the Masses / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter Wood and Rubber / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter Modern Land Grabs –Hawaii, Palestine, and Latin America / Pichersky Eran
  • chapter Black Plant Power – Coal and Oil / Pichersky Eran.

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