Tending the wild: native american knowledge and the management of california's natural resources
Auteur :
Anderson, M. Kat
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520280434
Date de publication :
10 oct. 2013
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 4,3 cm
Poids :
862 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Demonstrates, what John Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning.