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Page 129
The significance of this long prelude has been stressed by Ames, the botanist
whose work on cultivated plants carried further the original researches of de
Candolle. "The more important annuals," he pointed out, "are unknown in their
wild ...
The significance of this long prelude has been stressed by Ames, the botanist
whose work on cultivated plants carried further the original researches of de
Candolle. "The more important annuals," he pointed out, "are unknown in their
wild ...
Page 136
Edgar Anderson pointed out in 'Plants, Man and Life' that "there are five natural
sources of caffeine, tea, coffee, the cola plant, cacao, yerba mate and its relatives.
Early man located all of these five and knew that they reduced fatigue.
Edgar Anderson pointed out in 'Plants, Man and Life' that "there are five natural
sources of caffeine, tea, coffee, the cola plant, cacao, yerba mate and its relatives.
Early man located all of these five and knew that they reduced fatigue.
Page 145
In little garden patches, then, long before large-scale systematic field cultivation
took place, the first food plants were deliberately planted, harvested, and their
surplus seeds planted again. The wide distribution of the pulses and the
squashes ...
In little garden patches, then, long before large-scale systematic field cultivation
took place, the first food plants were deliberately planted, harvested, and their
surplus seeds planted again. The wide distribution of the pulses and the
squashes ...
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Contents
PROLOGUE | 3 |
THE MINDFULNESS OF MAN | 14 |
IN THE DREAMTIME LONG AGO | 48 |
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| Title | The myth of the machine: technics and human development, Volume 1 Volume 208 of A Harvest Book |
| Author | Lewis Mumford |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1967 |
| Length | 342 pages |
| Subjects | Civilization Social change Technology and civilization |
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