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Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America Douglas Deur New edition
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Keeping It Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation on the Northwest Coast of North America
Douglas Deur
Tells the story of traditional Northwest Coast cultivation practices, and of how they came to be overlooked by Europeans. This book discusses plant management methods found from the Oregon coast to Southeast Alaska. It looks at tobacco gardens among the Haida and Tlingit, managed camas plots among the Coast Salish of Puget Sound, and more.
384 pages, 42 illustrations, 16 tables
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 10, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780295985657 |
| Publishers | University of Washington Press |
| Genre | Ethnic Orientation > Native American |
| Pages | 416 |
| Dimensions | 175 × 233 × 24 mm · 602 g |
| Editor | Deur, Douglas E. (Assistant Professor of Geography, University of Nevada, Reno and University of Nevada, Reno) |
| Editor | Turner, Nancy J. (Professor of Environmental Studies, School of Environmental Studies) |