Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice An Ethnobotanist Searches for New Medicines in the Amazon Rain Forest

Mark J Plotkin

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"Fascinating and highly readable account of an ethnobotanist's research on medicinal plants and hallucinogens among the Trio and Oyana of Suriname/Brazil and the Yanomamo of Venezuela. In view of the declining importance of shamanism and loss of plant knowledge due to rapid cultural change, author encourages research promoting the patenting of indi

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Book information

ISBN:	9780670831371
Publisher:	Viking
Imprint:	Viking
Pub date:	01 Jan 1993
DEWEY:	581.63409811
DEWEY edition:	20
Language:	English
Number of pages:	318
Weight:	612g
Height:	31mm
Width:	165mm
Spine width:	31mm