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Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia
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- ISBN
- 9780813183817
- Book Title
- Ginseng Diggers : a History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University Press of Kentucky
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Social Science
- Topic
- Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Agriculture / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), United States / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 20 oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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The harvesting of wild American ginseng ( panax quinquefolium ), the gnarled, aromatic herb known for its therapeutic and healing properties, is deeply established in North America and has played an especially vital role in the southern and central Appalachian Mountains. Traded through a trans-Pacific network that connected the region to East Asian markets, ginseng was but one of several medicinal Appalachian plants that entered international webs of exchange. As the production of patent medicines and botanical pharmaceutical products escalated in the mid- to late-nineteenth century, southern Appalachia emerged as the United States' most prolific supplier of many species of medicinal plants. The region achieved this distinction because of its biodiversity and the persistence of certain common rights that guaranteed widespread access to the forested mountainsides, regardless of who owned the land. Following the Civil War, root digging and herb gathering became one of the most important ways landless families and small farmers earned income from the forest commons. This boom influenced class relations, gender roles, forest use, and outside perceptions of Appalachia, and began a widespread renegotiation of common rights that eventually curtailed access to ginseng and other plants. Based on extensive research into the business records of mountain entrepreneurs, country stores, and pharmaceutical companies, Ginseng Diggers: A History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia is the first book to unearth the unique relationship between the Appalachian region and the global trade in medicinal plants. Historian Luke Manget expands our understanding of the gathering commons by exploring how and why Appalachia became the nation's premier purveyor of botanical drugs in the late-nineteenth century and how the trade influenced the way residents of the region interacted with each other and the forests around them.
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University Press of Kentucky
ISBN-10
0813183812
ISBN-13
9780813183817
eBay Product ID (ePID)
7050087861
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ginseng Diggers : a History of Root and Herb Gathering in Appalachia
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Ecosystems & Habitats / Forests & Rainforests, Agriculture / General, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), United States / General
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Nature, History, Social Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20 oz
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Lc Classification Number
Sb295.G5
Reviews
On rare occasions a book comes along that totally revises how we look at important historical issues. Luke Manget's Ginseng Diggers is such a book, providing crucial new insights into Appalachian subsistence practices. Manget opens up a whole new world of root and herb gathering, the business surrounding it, and the commons practices that made it possible. A must-read for scholars of Appalachia and anyone interested in the region's culture and history., Manget's impressive research in merchant records, correspondence, diaries, and local newspapers provides a fascinating glimpse at the evolution of ginseng culture in Appalachia and its connection to the national economy and society. A major addition to our understanding of land use, the role of the commons, and capitalism in the mountains., Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Ginseng Diggers is a tour de force in the emerging field of U.S. commons history. Manget guides us surefootedly through nineteenth-century Appalachian forests, excavating the intricate ecologies, economies, and cultural contexts medicinal plant gatherers routinely navigated. A worthwhile read for anyone interested in imagining more sustainable futures, Ginseng Diggers makes vital contributions to the histories of medicine and capitalism as well as to environmental history and Appalachian studies., Manget's impressive research in merchant records, correspondence, diaries and local newspapers provides a fascinating glimpse at the evolution of ginseng culture in Appalachia and its connection to the national economy and society. A major addition to our understanding of land use, the role of the commons, and capitalism in the mountains., With careful research and engaging prose, Luke Manget unravels the fascinating story of American ginseng and those who harvested it and other medicinal plants from mountain forests. Devoting equal time to both people and nature, the author provides a fresh environmental context for considering issues crucial to Appalachian history, including the changing forest commons and the vagaries of capitalism in small communities. This is a must read for anyone interested in ecology, economics, and the enduring legacy of the Appalachian 'sang-digger.', Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Ginseng Diggers is a tour de force in the still-emerging field of U.S. commons history. Manget guides us surefootedly through nineteenth-century Appalachian forests, excavating the intricate ecologies, economies, and cultural contexts medicinal plant gatherers routinely navigated. A worthwhile read for anyone interested in imagining more sustainable futures, Ginseng Diggers makes vital contributions to the histories of medicine and capitalism as well as to environmental history and Appalachian studies., Like Jessica Wilkerson's study of Appalachian women devoted to social justice and labor activism, To Live Here, You Have to Fight , and the indispensable, wide-ranging anthology Appalachian Reckoning , Luke Manget's study joins a number of books in recent years that challenge reductive narratives about Appalachia's cultural and economic history. Ginseng Diggers belongs in any library of books devoted to this necessary course correction., With careful research and engaging prose, Luke Manget unravels the fascinating story of American ginseng and those who harvested it and other medicinal plants from mountain forests. Devoting equal time to both people and nature, the author provides a fresh environmental context for considering issues crucial to Appalachian history, including the changing forest commons and the vagaries of capitalism in small communities. This is a must-read for anyone interested in ecology, economics, and the enduring legacy of the Appalachian 'sang digger.', On rare occasions a book comes along that totally revises how we look at important historical issues. Luke Manget's Ginseng Diggers is such a book providing crucial new insights into Appalachian subsistence practices. Manget opens up a whole new world of root and herb gathering, the business surrounding it, and the commons practices that made it possible. A must read for scholars of Appalachia and anyone interested in the region's culture and history., Meticulously researched and beautifully written, Ginseng Diggers is a tour de force in the still-emerging field of US commons history. Manget guides us surefootedly through nineteenth-century Appalachian forests, excavating the intricate ecologies, economies, and cultural contexts medicinal plant gatherers routinely navigated. A worthwhile read for anyone interested in imagining more sustainable futures, Ginseng Diggers makes vital contributions to the histories of medicine and capitalism as well as to environmental history and Appalachian studies.
Table of Content
Introduction: From "Roots and Herbs" to "Crude Botanical Drugs" Chapter 1: The Journey of Ewing's Roots: American Ginseng and the China Trade Chapter 2: Appalachia's First Ginseng Boom and the Evolution of Commons Culture Chapter 3: Marketing the Mountain Commons: Calvin J. Cowles and the Origins of the Botanical Drug Trade Chapter 4: The Civil War and the Botanical Drug Boom in Southern Appalachia, 1861-1919 Chapter 5: Marketing the Mountain Commons: Root Diggers and Herb Gatherers in Post-Civil-War Appalachia Chapter 6: "Beasts in the Garden: Class, Conservation, and Cultivation Chapter 7: Progress and Ginseng: The Growth of the Sang Digger Stereotype Epilogue: The Decline of Root Digging and Herb Gathering and the Fate of the Commons in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Copyright Date
2022
Lccn
2022-002142
Dewey Decimal
583.988
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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