Download or read book Plants and Society with Lab Manual for Applied Botany written by Estelle Levetin and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This introductory, one quarter/one-semester text takes a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between plants and people. The authors strive to stimulate interest in plant science and encourage students to further their studies in botany. Also, by exposing students to society's historical connection to plants, Levetin and McMahon hope to instill a greater appreciation for the botanical world. Plants and Society covers basic principles of botany with strong emphasis on the economic aspects and social implications of plants and fungi. Although the lab manual includes much of the basic plant anatomy found in standard botany manuals, it differs in taking a practical approach, examining those plants and plant products that have sustained or affected human society.