Orchid
a cultural history
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Word Count
73,000 words, Guess
Page Count
292 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10022637632X
- ISBN-139780226376325
- Library of Congress Control Number2016018415
- OCLC Control Number944087675
- Better World Books9780226376325
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27233496M
Classifications
- DDC635.9/344
- LCCSB409.48 .E64 2016
- LCCSB409.48.E64 2016
Description
Some flowers make us think of love or heaven, of political causes or drug cravings, while others are food, medicine, or decoration; almost every plant that humans have ever taken an interest in has acquired a rich web of associations. So it is not surprising that flowers as alluring as orchids are associated with a very specific set of images, ideas, and symbols. Yet the precise significances we attach to orchids may be, Jim Endersby argues, the weirdest ever to have become linked to a plant. By following orchids through history, Endersby discovers unexpected connections that lead us into myriad other histories.
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