Bedouin Ethnobotany: Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World

Mandaville writes clearly, unpompously, and with affectionate respect for the people he describes as 'consultants.' . . . He has patiently disentangled a highly evolved Bedouin ethnobotany."" - Review of Middle East Studies ""This is by far the best and most thorough account of mainland Arabian ethnobotany. Mandaville's work brings new sophistication to studies of Middle Eastern ethnoscience."" - E.N. Anderson, co-author of Political Ecology in a Yucatec Maya Community ""James P. Mandaville has integrated all of his experience and narrative brilliance in a volume that is much more than just another ethnobotanical inventory. It is a well balanced monograph touching on many aspects of a culture that is transforming with dramatic speed and in many directions."" - Ethnobiology Letters