Minnis P. Ethnobotany. A Reader 2000

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Collection of original ethnobotanical studies by scholars presenting the results of their own studies in their own words. The readings are grouped into four themes, each section is introduced by a noted scholar who is an active researcher in that field. The book consists of four parts and 14 chapters:
Part 1. Ethnoecology (introduced by Catherine S. Fowler):
Ch. 1. Alcorn, J.B. Factors influencing botanical resource perception among the Huastec: Suggestions for future ethnobotanical inquiry.
Ch. 2. Anderson M.K. California Indian horticulture: Management and use of redbud by the Southern Sierra Miwok.
Ch. 3. Nabhan G.P., Rea A.M., Reichhardt K.L., Mellink E., Hutchinson C.F. Papago (O'odham) influences on habitat and biotic diversity.
Part 2. Folk Classification (introduced by Cecil H. Brown):
Ch. 4. Morris B. The pragmatics of folk classification.
Ch. 5. Turner N.J. General plant categories in Thompson (Nlaka'pamux) and Lillooet (Stl'atl'imx), two Interior Salish languages of British Columbia.
Ch. 6. Hunn E.S., French D.H. Alternatives to taxonomic hierarchy: The Sahaptin case.
Part 3. Food and medicine (intoduced by Timothy Jones):
Ch. 7. Voeks R.A. Candomble ethnobotany: African medicinal plant classification in Brazil.
Ch. 8. Timbrook J. Virtuous herbs: Plants in Chumash medicine.
Ch. 9. Hunn E.S. On the relative contribution of men and women to subsistence among the hunters-gatherers of the Columbia Plateau: A comparison with ethnographic atlas summaries.
Ch. 10. Bye, Jr., R.A. Quelites — Ethnoecology of edible greens — Past, present and future.
Ch. 11. Minnis P.E. Famine foods of the North American desert borderland in historical context.
Part 4. Agriculture (introduced by Richard I. Ford):
Ch. 12. Nabhan G., Whiting A., Dobyns H., Hevly R., Euler R. Devil's claw domestication: Evidence from southwestern Indian fields.
Ch. 13. Brush S.B. Ethnoecology, biodiversity, and Modernization in Andean potato agriculture.
Ch. 14. Estabrook G.F. Choice of fuel for Bagaco still helps to maintain biological diversity in a traditional Portuguese Agricultural system