UID:
edocfu_9959232332702883
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 258 pages)
ISBN:
0-300-21375-1
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0-300-20349-7
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9780300213751 (electronic book)
Content:
"One of humankind s oldest companions, the hawthorn tree, is bound up in the memories of every recorded age and the plot lines of cultures all across the Northern Hemisphere. "Hawthorn" examines the little-recognized political, cultural, and natural history of this ancient spiky plant. Used for thousands of years in the impenetrable living fences that defined the landscapes of Europe, the hawthorn eventually helped feed the class antagonism that led to widespread social upheaval. In the American Midwest, hawthorn-inspired hedges on the prairies made nineteenth-century farming economically rewarding for the first time. Later, in Normandy, maze like hedgerows bristling with these thorns nearly cost the Allies World War II. Bill Vaughn shines light on the full scope of the tree s influence over human events. He also explores medicinal uses of the hawthorn, the use of its fruit in the world s first wine, and the symbolic role its spikes and flowers played in pagan beliefs and Christian iconography. As entertaining as it is illuminating, this book is the first full appreciation of the hawthorn s abundant connections with humanity."--
Note:
1.The World’s busiest tree – 2. Under the Hawthorn tree – 3. The Celtic Forge – 4. The hedge layers – 5. The American thorn – 6. The return of the native – 7. The tree of heroes – 8. The medicine tree – 9. A tree for all seasons – 10. Essence and spinescence – 11. The crown of thorns – 12. The warrior queen.
,
English
Additional Edition:
Print version: Vaughn, Bill, 1948- Hawthorn : the tree that has nourished, healed, and inspired through the ages. New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, c2015 ISBN 9780300203493
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300213751
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