Detalls del llibre
Plants are fundamental players in human lives, underpinning our food supply and contributing to the air we breathe, but they are easy to take for granted and have received insufficient attention in the social sciences. This book advances understanding of human-plant relations using the example of wheat. The book draws on diverse literatures to tackle this question, advancing thinking about how plants act in their worlds, and how we can better understand our shared worlds. Empirically, the book reports original ethnographic research on wheat production, processing and consumption in a context of globalisation, drought and climate change and traces the complex networks of wheat using a methodology of 'following' it and its people. The ethnobotanical study captures a number of moments in the life of Australian wheat; on the farm, at the supermarket, in the lives of coeliac sufferers, in laboratories and in industrial factories. This study demands new ways of thinking about wheat geographies, going beyond the rural landscape to urban and industrial frontiers, and being simultaneously local and global in perspective and connection.
Llegir més - Autors Lesley Adshead, Jennifer Atchison, Alison Gates
- ISBN13 9781409437871
- ISBN10 1409437876
- Pàgines 232
- Any Edició 2026
- Fecha de publicación 12/05/2026
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Ingrained A Human Bio-geography of Wheat
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- Lesley Adshead, Jennifer Atchison, Alison Gates
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- ASHGATE (2026)
- 9781409437871



