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University of California Press, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition (first printing). Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. John Muir was an early proponent of a view we still hold today--that much of California was pristine, untouched wilderness before the arrival of Europeans. But as this groundbreaking book demonstrates, what 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. Marvelously detailed and beautifully written, Tending the Wild is an unparalleled examination of Native American knowledge and uses of California's natural resources that reshapes our understanding of native cultures and shows how we might begin to use their knowledge in our own conservation efforts. M. Kat Anderson presents a wealth of information on native…
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No country in the world was as well supplied by Nature, with food for man, as California, when first discovered by the Spaniards.
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- Title Tending the Wild
- Author M. Kat Anderson
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 555
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date June 14, 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780520238565 / 0520238567
- Weight 2.18 lbs (0.99 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.46 x 1.64 in (23.67 x 16.41 x 4.17 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - California -, Indians of North America - Agriculture -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004017995
- Dewey Decimal Code 333.708
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Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources
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