Title: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of South America Vol. 2
Editors: Ákos Máthé & Arnaldo Bandoni
Publisher: Springer
ISBN-13: 978-3030628185
This volume, as the seventh in the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of the World series, deals with the medicinal and aromatic plant (MAPs) treasures of the so-called Southern Cone–Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. It provides information on botany, traditional uses, chemistry, production, trade and utilization of this specific group of 41 species of plants. Most of these are of scientific interest and also hold a potential for the prospective utilization of the decreasing/endangered medicinal plant resources of this huge continent. The book also serves as a source of information on some less known or studied species.
Title: One River: Explorations and Discoveries in the Amazon Rain Forest
Author: Wade Davis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN-13: 978-0684834962
In 1941, Professor Richard Evan Schultes took a leave from Harvard and disappeared into the Amazon, where he spent twelve years mapping uncharted rivers and living among dozens of Indian tribes. In the 1970s, he sent two students to unveil the botanical secrets of coca, the notorious source of cocaine, a sacred plant known to the Inca as the Divine Leaf of Immortality. This volume explores the transcendent knowledge of Indian peoples, the visionary realms of the shaman, and the extraordinary plants that sustain all life in a forest that once stood immense and inviolable.
Title: Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon
Authors: Richard Evans Schultes & Mark J. Plotkin
Publisher: Synergetic Press
ISBN-13: 978-0907791133
Where the Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon is a scientific and creative anthropological overview of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem-featuring writings and excerpts on rivers, ethnic groups, cultural customs, rubber and cocoa plants, drugs and medicines, and more. Beautiful photographs taken by Dr. Schultes during his 14 years residing in the Colombian Amazon are accompanied by short poetic reflections, precise summaries which showcase Schultes’s immense knowledge of the area, and carefully selected quotes from other great ethnographers of the Amazon.
Title: Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants of Latin America Field Guide
Author: Rainforest Publications
Publisher: Rainforest Publications
ISBN-13: 978-0997901887
Going to Costa Rica, Belize, Panama, Mexico, Guatemala, or any of the Latin American countries? We have a new pocket field guide you can take with you - it covers the herbs, spices, and medicinal plants. Take a look at the inside to see all the interesting, full-color, highly-detailed, scientifically illustrations by Enrique C. Leal. As with almost all our guides, it is printed in both English and Spanish. Each illustration is accompanied by the name of the plant in English, Spanish, the scientific name of the species, and the family.
Title: Conflicted Care: Doctors Navigating Patient Welfare, Finances, and Legal Risk
Author: Hyeyoung Oh Nelson
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 9781503633476
In Conflicted Care, Hyeyoung Oh Nelson provides an in-depth look at the decision-making processes of physicians at a large, prestigious academic medical center and finds that more often than not patient wellbeing is only one of several factors governing day-to-day decisions. Drawing on a deep ethnography of physicians in the Internal Medicine Service unit, Nelson offers a sharp assessment of current policies aimed at alleviating medical costs and explains why they are ineffective. She concludes by offering novel policy and practice recommendations for health care practitioners, policy makers, and healthcare institutions.
Title: Race Decoded: A Genomic Fight for Social Justice
Author: Catherine Bliss
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 9780804774086
In 2000, following the success of the Human Genome Project, scientists declared the death of race in biology and medicine. Within five years, however, many had reversed course, launching a new search for the biological meaning of race. Drawing on personal interviews, Race Decoded takes readers inside the world of leading genome scientists. In this original exploration, Catherine Bliss reveals a paradigm shift, both in science and society, from colorblindness to racial consciousness, and examines how it has reshaped thinking about race and biomedical research.
Title: Intimate Labors: Cultures, Technologies and the Plitics of Care
Editor: Eileen Boris and Rhacel Salazar Parreñas
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 9780804761932
What do home health aides, call center operators, prostitutes, sperm donors, nail manicurists, and housecleaners have in common? Around the world, they make their livings through touch, closeness, and personal care. Their labors, both paid and unpaid, sustain the day-to-day work that we require to survive. This book takes a close look at carework, domestic work, and sex work in everyday life and illuminates the juncture where money and intimacy meet exploring the relationship between care and economy.
Title: Borders of Belonging: Struggle and Solidarity in Mixed-Status Immigrant Familes
Author: Heide Castañeda
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN-13: 9781503607910
Borders of Belonging investigates a pressing but previously unexplored aspect of immigration in America—the impact of immigration policies and practices not only on undocumented migrants, but also on their family members, some of whom possess a form of legal status. Heide Castañeda reveals the trauma, distress, and inequalities that occur daily, alongside the stratification of particular family members' access to resources like education, employment, and health care. She also paints a vivid picture of the resilience, resistance, creative responses, and solidarity between parents and children, siblings, and other kin.
