Ginseng Diggers
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Ginseng Diggers

A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ginseng Diggers

A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia

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Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781985901803
9780813183817
eBook ISBN
9780813183831

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction: From ā€œRoots and Herbsā€ to ā€œCrude Botanical Drugsā€
  8. 1. The Journey of Ewing’s Roots: American Ginseng and the China Trade
  9. 2. Appalachia’s First Ginseng Boom and the Evolution of Commons Culture
  10. 3. Marketing the Mountain Commons: Calvin J. Cowles and the Origins of the Botanical Drug Trade
  11. 4. Mountain Entrepreneurs: The Civil War and the Botanical Drug Boom, 1861–1919
  12. 5. Nature’s Emporium: Root Diggers and Herb Gatherers in Post–Civil War Appalachia
  13. 6. Beasts in the Gardenā€: Class, Conservation, and Cultivation
  14. 7. Progress and Ginseng: The Growth of the Sang Digger Stereotype
  15. Epilogue: The Decline of Root and Herb Gathering and the Fate of the Commons
  16. Acknowledgments
  17. Notes
  18. Index

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