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Title:

The botany of desire [videorecording DVD] / produced by Kikem Media ; produced & directed by Michael Schwarz.

Format:

[videorecording DVD] /

Publisher:

Distributed by PBS Distribution,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

1 videodisc (116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Human-plant relationships.
Apples.
Tulips.
Cannabis.
Marijuana.
Potatoes.
Nature.
Nature television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
DVDs held by the Library.

Other Authors:

Pollan, Michael.
McDormand, Frances.
Schwarz, Michael, producer.
Pollan, Michael. Botany of desire.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Kikim Media (Firm)

Notes:

Michael Pollan. Based on the book by Michael Pollan. Originally produced for television. Bonus features: deleted scenes; panel discussion on the interdisciplinary importance of The Botany of desire (19 min.); additional interview with Michael Pollan (29 min.)

Contents:

Introduction -- Apples: the desire for sweetness -- Apples as a commodity -- Tulips: the desire for beauty -- Breeding tulips -- Marijuana: the desire for intoxication -- The science behind marijuana -- Potatoes: the desire for control -- Today's potato monoculture -- The web of life.

Summary:

Shows how human desires are an essential, intricate part of natural history. The program will explore the natural history of four plants -the apple, the tulip, marijuana, and the potato - and the corresponding human desires - sweetness, beauty, intoxication and control. This two-hour documentary begins in Michael Pollan's garden, and roams the world, from the fields of Iowa to the apple forests of Kazakhstan, from a medical marijuana hot house to the tulip markets of Amsterdam.

ISBN:

9780793670840
0793670845

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456457382

UPC:

841887010856

Locations:

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

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FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

HPPD845 -- Orange City Public Library (Orange City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

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