Seeking Graduate Student Book Reviewers for Economic Botany

by John de la Parra

Hello everyone!

Wendy Applequist, the book review editor for Economic Botany, has asked that we get a student book review program going to correspond with the journal’s student reviewer program.

She has a fairly diverse selection of books available for review at the moment. The newly posted list is available at:

http://www.econbot.org/index.php?module=content&type=user&func=view&pid=22

Wendy will go through every review and suggest minor or major edits– so if someone isn’t sure how to write a good review, the opportunity to work with an editor to develop that skill will be there. It’s also a minor CV line and a free book.

I encourage anyone who would like to review one of the listed books to contact Wendy (wendy.applequist@mobot.org) right away!

Here are some examples of books to be reviewed:

The Survival of Easter Island. Dwindling Resources and Cultural Resilience. Boersema, Jan J., translated by Diane Webb. 2015. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. xvi + 296 pp. (hardcover). USD 99.00. ISBN 978-1-107-02770-1.

The Tanoak Tree. An Environmental History of a Pacific Coast Hardwood. Bowcutt, Frederica. 2015. University of Washington Press, Seattle. xvi + 219 pp. (hardcover). USD 35.00. ISBN 978-0-295-99464-2.

The Art of Medicine in Early China. The Ancient and Medieval Origins of a Modern Archive. Brown, Miranda. 2015. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. xvi + 237 pp. (hardcover). USD 99.00. ISBN 978-1-107-09705-6.

Trees for Gardens, Orchards and Permaculture. Crawford, Martin. 2015. Permanent Publications, East Meon, UK, distributed in the U.S. by Chelsea Green Publishing Co., White River Junction, VT. xiv + 229 pp. (paperback). GBP 24.95, USD 39.95. ISBN 978-1-85623-216-6.

Rhodiola rosea. Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times, vol. 14. Cuerrier, Alain, and Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko, eds. 2015. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. xvi + 282 pp. (hardcover). USD 129.95. ISBN 978-1-4398-8840-7.

Chamomile: Medicinal, Biochemical, and Agricultural Aspects. Traditional Herbal Medicines for Modern Times, vol. 13. Das, Moumita. 2015. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. xxii + 294 pp. (hardcover). USD 129.95. ISBN 978-1-4665-7759-6.