{"product_id":"agaves-of-continental-north-america-9780816507757","title":"Agaves of Continental North America","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAgaves of Continental North America\u003c\/strong\u003e by Gentry, Howard Scott. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780816507757.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew in paperback Spring 2004, this is an indispensable guide to agaves.The uses of agaves are as many as the arts of man have found it convenient to devise. At least two races of man have invaded Agaveland during the last ten to fifteen thousand years, where, with the help of agaves, they contrived several successive civilizations. The region of greatest use development is Mesoamerica. Here the great genetic diversity in a genus rich in use potential came into the hands of several peoples who developed the main agricultural center of the Americas. Perhaps, as the Aztec legends suggest, it was the animals that first showed man the edibility of agave. Evolution in use ranges all the way from the coincidental and spurious, through tool and food-drink subsistence with mystical overlay, to the practical specialties of modem industry and art. The historic period of agave will be outlined here as briefly as that complicated development will allow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brand: University of Arizona Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946484265013,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816507759","price":198.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816507757_efef32d6-3b7f-4c33-a850-7ff1633bc554.jpg?v=1778647210","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/agaves-of-continental-north-america-9780816507757","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}