The study of useful plants is an ancient discipline, but the term ethnobotany to indicate a sepa- rate and distinct branch of the natural sciences did not come into use until 1895. It is, by defini- tion, interdisciplinary, drawing from botany, medicine, anthropology, religion, religion, history, pharmacology, phytochemistry and conservation and the books we offer reflect this wide range of disciplines. Although simply listed alphabetically by author, there are many books related to the use of plants in Africa, Hawaii and the Pacific, Asia and the Americas, and others describing the use of psychoactive plants in ancient religions and modern times.

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    Smith, Andrew of St Cyrus (1828-1898)

    A CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA Chiefly from Plants in Use among the Natives.
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    Smith, Andrew of St Cyrus (1828-1898)

    A CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTH AFRICAN MATERIA MEDICA Chiefly from Plants in Use among the Natives.
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    Hocking, George MacDonald.

    A DICTIONARY OF TERMS IN PHARMACOGNOSY and Other Divisions of Economic Botany.
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    Johnson, Laurence.

    A MANUAL OF THE MEDICAL BOTANY OF NORTH AMERICA.
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    [Rhodes-Livingstone Papers] Holleman, J. F.

    ACCOMMODATING THE SPIRIT AMONGST SOME NORTH-EASTERN SHONA TRIBES ; Rhodes-Livingston Papers, Number 22.
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    Gifford, James C. (1927-1973)

    ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS IN CAVES OF THE POINT OF PINES REGION ARIZONA.
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    Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations.

    BASUTOLAND MEDICINE MURDER. A Report on the Recent Outbreak ofd 'Diretlo' Murders in Basutoland.
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    Phillips, C. M./ S. A. Symon.

    BLINDNESS IN THE KAWAMBWA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA / AFRICAN MEDICINE IN THE MANKOYA DISTRICT, NORTHERN RHODESIA.
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    [Brinkley, John.] Brock, Pope

    CHARLATAN: America's Most Dangerous Huckster, the Man Who Pursued Him and the Art of FlimFlam.
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    Torres, Eliseo "Cheo" with Timothy L. Sawyer, Jr.

    CURANDERO: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing,
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    McIntyre, A. R., Ph. D.

    CURARE: Its History, Nature and Clinical Use.
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    De Smet, Peter A.G.M.

    DIFFERENT TRUTHS: Ethnomedicine in Early Postcards.
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    Rudgley, Richard.

    ESSENTIAL SUBSTANCES: A Cultural History of Intoxicants in Society
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    Staples, George and Michael S. Kristiansen.

    ETHNIC CULINARY HERBS: A Guide to Identification and Cultivation in Hawai'i.
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    [Ethnobotany] Good, Charles M.

    ETHNOMEDICAL SYSTEMS IN AFRICA: Patterns of Traditional Medicine in Rural and Urban Kenya.
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    Paul, Sigrid, editor.

    ETHNOMEDIZIN UND SOZIALMEDIZIN IN TROPISCH-AFRIKA. / ETHNOMEDICINE AND SOCIAL MEDICINE IN TROPICAL AFRICA : BeitrŠge zur Ethnomedizin, Ethnobotanik und Ethnozoologie III / Contributions to Ethnomedicine, Ethnobotany and Ethnozoology III.
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    Turner, Edith with William Blodgett, Singleton Kahona, and Fideli Benwa.

    EXPERIENCING RITUAL: A New Interpretation of African Healing.
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    Scarborough, John, editor.

    FOLKLORE AND FOLK MEDICINES: Symposium Presented at the March 1986 AIHP Annual Meeting Held in San Francisco, California.
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    Wetterstrom, Wilma; Vorsila L. Bohrer and Richard W. Lang.

    FOOD, DIET, AND POPULATION AT PREHISTORIC ARROYO HONDO PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO.
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    Bennett, Chris; Lynn and Judy Osburn

    GREEN GOLD THE TREE OF LIFE: MARIJUANA IN MAGIC & RELIGION.
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    Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.

    IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults.
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    Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.

    IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults.
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    Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.

    IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults.
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    Schafer, Georg; illustrated by Nan Cuz. Foreword by Miguel Angel Asturias.

    IN THE KINGDOM OF MESCAL: A Fairy Tale for Adults.