Foundations of Ethnobotany (21st Century Perspective)
About this ebook
The plants contributed by the societies Neolithic to The Bronze Age; Ancient Near East; Bronze Age Europe; Pre-Columbian Americas; Iron Age; Middle Eastern civilizations; South Asian civilizations; East Asia civilizations; Eurasian civilizations; Africa; Medieval to Early Modern; Mughal India; Asia; china, Japan, Southeast Asia; Mesomerican civilizations; Andean civilizations; African civilizations; Modern; Intermediate world; Greater Middle East; Eastern world; East Asia; South Asia and Southeast Asia are discussed.
About the author
S. Chandra
Dr. Sudhir Chandra is B.Sc & M.Sc. (Special Paper Ecology) from Udaipur and Ph.D. on Embryology from Delhi University in 1971. The author started working on “Dictionary of Commemortive Plant Generic Names in the year 1968, while a research student (16 Vols Publ. By Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh, Dehra Dun, continuing and will be completed in 28 to 30 vols). The work represent 47 years of sustained research having scanned and searched major libraries of India.
A.K. Jain
Prof. Ashok K. Jain, Ph.D., F.L.S., F.B.S., F.E.B., F.I.A.Sc. F.B.N., F.A.B.I. is presently working as Hon. Director, S. K. Jain Institute of Ethnobiology & Professor of Botany at Jiwaji University, Gwalior (M.P). He is fellow of Linnean Society of London, Indian Botanical Society, Society of Ethnobotanists, Society of Bionaturalists, Indian Aerobiological Society and others. Dr. Jain has done extensive work on Ethnobotany, biodiversity of various regions of Madhya Pradesh, Sacred groves, Conservation of threatened taxa, Emergency food used by tribals, Floristics, Taxonomy etc. Over 15 research projects funded by ICMR, Ministry of Environment & Forests, New Delhi; MPCST, Bhopal; MP State Biodiversity Board, Bhopal; BGCI, UK; Ministry of Culture; SD Conservation Biology Fund, USA etc. have been successfully conducted by him. Prof. Jain has guided 20 candidates for Ph.D degree & 25 for M.Phil. dissertations. He has authored/ edited five books and published over 100 research papers in various international & national journals. Prof. Jain has organized several seminars & Training Courses on ethnobotany. He is the recipient of V Puri Medal by Indian Botanical Society (2010) and J W Harshberger Medal by Society of Ethnobotanists (2012).
