Wild Harvest in the Heartland: Ethnobotany in Missouri’s Little Dixie

This short, compact study is a model of ethnobotanical research, and I highly recommend it for classroom use. Nolan hardly wastes a word. He states the theory, methodology, and major findings clearly and straightforwardly, and thus can get an astonishing amount of data into a hundred pages. The simple, accessible prose quickly gives way to highly sophisticated, mathematicized analysis. * Journal Of Ethnobiology, Spring/Summer 2008 * Ethnobotany, all too often, focuses on traditional, non-industrialized societies; this book draws our attention to natural resource knowledge in our own backyard. Nolan has produced a well-researched vision of ethnobotany of Little Dixie—famous for its antebellum plantation history—in the Missouri heartland, which simultaneously addresses global issues. * Human Ecology, 15 July 2009 * This work is valuable for ethnobotanists, folklorists, and anthropologists. . . . Recommended. * CHOICE * A very nice little book….Nolan has produced a well researched vision of ethnobotany of Little Dixie-famous for its anti-bellum plantation history-in the Missouri heartland, which simultaneously addresses global issues. -- July 15, 2009 * Human Ecology * This short, compact study is a model of ethnobotanical research, and I highly recommend it for classroom use. Nolan hardly wastes a word. He states the theory, methodology, and major findings clearly and straightforwardly and thus can get a large amount of data into a hundred pages. -- E.N. Anderson, University of California