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Where The Gods Reign: Plants and Peoples of the Colombian Amazon
“Where the Gods Reign” provides a detailed anthropological overview of the Amazon rainforest ecosystem. It covers topics such as rivers, ethnic groups, cultural practices, and the uses of rubber and coca plants, drugs, and medicines. The book includes striking photographs taken by Dr. Schultes in the 1940s and 1950s. These images, along with explanatory text, showcase the connection between humans and their natural surroundings. Richard Evans Schultes, known as the father of modern ethnobotany, authored this classic text. It complements his other work, “Vine of the Soul.”
About the author
Richard Evans Schultes
Richard Evans Schultes, regarded as the father of contemporary ethnobotany, conducted extensive field research, particularly in the Amazon. He received many prestigious awards, including Colombia’s highest honor, the Cross of Boyaca, and the World Wildlife Fund’s annual Gold Medal. In 1987, he was honored with the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, and in 1992, he received the Linnean Gold Medal, the highest accolade for a botanist. Dr. Schultes was a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Linnean Society of London, three Latin American Academies, the Academy of India, and the Third World Academy of Sciences.