Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 6, Biology and Biological Technology. Part IV: Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach. By Georges Métailié. Translated by Janet Lloyd. 2015. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 748 pp.

  • Eugene N. Anderson Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, California.

Author Biography

Eugene N. Anderson, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, California.
Eugene N. Anderson is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside.

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2017-05-31
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Anderson, E. N. (2017). Science and Civilisation in China. Vol. 6, Biology and Biological Technology. Part IV: Traditional Botany: An Ethnobotanical Approach. By Georges Métailié. Translated by Janet Lloyd. 2015. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 748 pp. Ethnobiology Letters, 8(1), 43–45. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.8.1.2017.840
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