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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Levetin, Estelle.
Edition:	5th ed.
Imprint:	Boston : McGraw-Hill Higher Education, c2008.
Description:	xvi, 527 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 28 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Botany. Botany, Economic. Plants -- Social aspects. Botany. Botany, Economic. Plants -- Social aspects.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7914495

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Varying Form of Title:	Plants and society.
Other authors / contributors:	McMahon, Karen.
ISBN:	9780072970067 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0072970065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

I. Plants and Society: The Botanical Connections to Our Lives
1. Plants in Our Lives
II. Introduction to Plant Life: Botanical Principles
2. The Plant Cell
3. The Plant Body
4. Plant Physiology
5. Plant Life Cycle: Flowers
6. Plant Life Cycle: Fruits and Seeds
7. Genetics
8. Plant Systematics and Evolution
9. Diversity of Plant Life
III. Plants as a Source of Food
10. Human Nutrition
11. Origins of Agriculture
12. The Grasses
13. Legumes
14. Starchy Staples
15. Feeding a Hungry World
IV. Commercial Products Derived from Plants
16. Stimulating Beverages
17. Herbs and Spices
18. Materials: Cloth, Wood, and Paper
V. Plants and Human Health
19. Medicinal Plants
20. Psychoactive Plants
21. Poisonous and Allergy Plants
VI. Algae and Fungi: The Impact of Algae and Fungi on Human Affairs
22. The Algae
23. Fungi in the Natural Environment
24. Beverages and Foods from Fungi
25. Fungi that Affect Human Health
VII. Plants and the Environment
26. Plant Ecology
Appendix A. Metric System
Appendix B. Classification of Plants