{"product_id":"tending-the-wild-9780520280434","title":"Tending the Wild","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDemonstrates, what John Muir was really seeing when he admired the grand vistas of Yosemite and the gold and purple flowers carpeting the Central Valley were the fertile gardens of the Sierra Miwok and Valley Yokuts Indians, modified and made productive by centuries of harvesting, tilling, sowing, pruning, and burning.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Note on Languages, Territories, and Names\u003cbr\u003e of California Indian Tribes\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART I. CALIFORNIA AT CONTACT\u003cbr\u003e 1 Wildlife, Plants, and People\u003cbr\u003e 2 Gathering, Hunting, and Fishing\u003cbr\u003e 3 The Collision of Worlds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART II. INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT\u003cbr\u003e AND ITS ECOLOGICAL BASIS\u003cbr\u003e 4 Methods of Caring for the Land\u003cbr\u003e 5 Landscapes of Stewardship\u003cbr\u003e 6 Basketry: Cultivating Forbs, Sedges, Grasses, and Tules\u003cbr\u003e 7 From Arrows to Weirs: Cultivating Shrubs and Trees\u003cbr\u003e 8 California’s Cornucopia: A Calculated Abundance\u003cbr\u003e 9 Plant Foods Aboveground: Seeds, Grains, Leaves,\u003cbr\u003e and Fruits\u003cbr\u003e 10 Plant Foods Belowground: Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes,\u003cbr\u003e Taproots, and Tubers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PART III. REKINDLING THE OLD WAYS\u003cbr\u003e 11 Contemporary California Indian Harvesting and\u003cbr\u003e Management Practices\u003cbr\u003e 12 Restoring Landscapes with Native Knowledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda: Indigenous Wisdom in the Modern World\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402867712343,"sku":"9780520280434","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tending-the-wild-9780520280434","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}