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Number of Pages: 312 Pages
Publication Name: Ordering the Myriad Things : from Traditional Knowledge to Scientific Botany in China
Language: English
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Life Sciences / Botany, Asia / China, History
Publication Year: 2021
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Science, History
Author: Nicholas K. Menzies
Series: Culture, Place, and Nature Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
