Agaves of Continental North America by Gentry, Howard Scott

Agaves of Continental North America

This is an indispensable guide to agaves. The uses of agaves are as many as the arts...
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Author: Howard Scott Gentry
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Agaves of Continental North America by Gentry, Howard Scott

Agaves of Continental North America

$1,038.41

Agaves of Continental North America

$1,038.41
Author: Howard Scott Gentry
Format: Paperback
Language: English
This is an indispensable guide to agaves. The uses of agaves are as many as the arts of man have found it convenient to devise. At least two races of man have invaded Agaveland during the last ten to fifteen thousand years, where, with the help of agaves, they contrived several successive civilizations. The region of greatest use development is Mesoamerica. Here the great genetic diversity in a genus rich in use potential came into the hands of several peoples who developed the main agricultural center of the Americas. Perhaps, as the Aztec legends suggest, it was the animals that first showed man the edibility of agave. Evolution in use ranges all the way from the coincidental and spurious, through tool and food-drink subsistence with mystical overlay, to the practical specialties of modem industry and art. The historic period of agave will be outlined here as briefly as that complicated development will allow.

Author: Howard Scott Gentry
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Published: 04/01/2004
Pages: 670
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 3.13lbs
Size: 9.94h x 7.04w x 1.66d
ISBN: 9780816523955

About the Author
Widely recognized as the world's leading authority on agaves, Howard Scott Gentry (1903-1993) was an agricultural explorer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was also affiliated with the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. His principal works include Río Mayo Plants of Sonora-Chihuahua, The Agave Family of Sonora, and The Agaves of Baja California.

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