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100	1		_aPichersky, Eran, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPlants and human conflict / _cby Eran Pichersky.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aBoca Raton, FL : _bCRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, _c[2018].
264		4	_c©2019.
300			_a1 online resource (206 pages)
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
505	0	0	_tchapter Natural Resources as Causes of Violent Conflicts / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter Fighting Grains / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter War and Slavery Capitalism – Sugarcane, Tobacco, and Cotton / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter Killer Spices / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter Caffeine, Opium, and Other Drugs for the Masses / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter Wood and Rubber / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter Modern Land Grabs –Hawaii, Palestine, and Latin America / _rPichersky Eran -- _tchapter Black Plant Power – Coal and Oil / _rPichersky Eran.
520	3		_aPerhaps 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 plants. Humans depend on plants not only as a food source, but also as building and clothing materials and as sources of medicines, psychoactive substances, spices, pigments, and more. With plants being such valuable resources, it is therefore not surprising that plants have been involved in practically all violent conflicts among different human societies. Ironically, plants have also been the source of materials to construct weapons or weapon parts. Wars have always constituted a large part of human history, and the overall theme of this book is that to understand the history of violent human conflict, we need to understand what specific materials plants make that people find so useful and worth fighting over, and what roles such plant products have played in specific conflicts. To do so, Plants and Human Conflict begins with a chapter explaining the basic biological facts of the interdependence between plants and humans, and the subsequent seven chapters describe the physical and chemical properties of specific plant products demonstrating how the human need for these products has led to wars as well as contributed to the prosecution of wars. These chapters recount some well-known (and some lesser known) historical events in which plants have played a central role. This book uniquely combines the modern scientific knowledge of plants with the human history of war, introducing readers to a new paradigm that will make them reconsider their understanding of human history, as well as to bring about a greater appreciation of plant biology.
650		7	_aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General. _2bisacsh
650		0	_aPlants and civilization.
650		0	_aPlants and history.
650		0	_aWar.
710	2		_aTaylor and Francis.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781138615311 _w(DLC) 2018016698
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429871931 _zClick here to view.
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