Orchid
Jim Endersby · 2016
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About the book
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.
Book details
- Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Editions
- 2
- Pages
- 292
- ISBN
- 9780226376325
Data source: Wikidata
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