Plants that changed history
By: Joan Elma Rahn ; with illustrations by the author.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Atheneum
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Plants and history -- Juvenile literature.; Plants, Cultivated -- History -- Juvenile literature.; Plants and history.; Plants, Cultivated.; History.
Description: Recounts five episodes from history when the introduction of new plants or plant products, from grains and spices to coal, influenced the course of civilization.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 136-138.
Includes index.