Gary Paul Nabhan

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The Desert Smells Like Rain

A Naturalist in O'odham Country

The University of Arizona Press

Published more than forty years ago, The Desert Smells Like Rain remains a classic work about nature, how to respect it, and what transplants can learn from the longtime residents of the Sonoran Desert, the Tohono O’odham people.

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The Nature of Desert Nature

The University of Arizona Press

The desert inspires wonder. Attending to history, culture, science, and spirit, The Nature of Desert Nature celebrates the bounty and the significance of desert places.

  • Copyright year: 2020
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Food from the Radical Center

Healing Our Land and Communities

Island Press

"Informational and inspirational." Booklist

America has never felt more divided. But in the midst of the acrimony comes one of the most promising movements in our country’s history. In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more. These restoration efforts have united people from the left and right, rural and urban, in game-changing collaborations. As a leading thinker and seasoned practitioner in biocultural conservation, Nabhan offers a key perspective on the movement. His most enduring legacy may be his message of hope: a vision of a new environmentalism that is just and inclusive, allowing former adversaries to commune over delicious foods. 

  • Copyright year: 2018
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At the Desert's Green Edge

An Ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima

By Amadeo M. Rea; Foreword by Gary Paul Nabhan; Illustrated by Takashi Ijichi
The University of Arizona Press

Winner of the Society for Economic Botany’s Klinger Book Award, this is the first complete ethnobotany of the Gila River Pima, presented from the perspective of the Pimas themselves.

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Ethnobiology for the Future

Linking Cultural and Ecological Diversity

Edited by Gary Paul Nabhan; Foreword by Paul E. Minnis
The University of Arizona Press

Ethnobiology is dedicated to celebrating the knowledge and values of some of the most distinctive cultures and practices on Earth. In this important new collection, MacArthur Fellow Gary Paul Nabhan lays out the case for the future of the field. Nabhan and his colleagues from across disciplines and cultures call for an ethnobiology that is provocative, problem-driven, and, above all, inspiring.

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Last Water on the Devil's Highway

A Cultural and Natural History of Tinajas Altas

The University of Arizona Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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Food, Genes, and Culture

Eating Right for Your Origins

Island Press
  • Copyright year: 2013
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Desert Terroir

Exploring the Unique Flavors and Sundry Places of the Borderlands

University of Texas Press

From the biology behind flavor to the stories and memories that taste evokes, here is a savory exploration of the terroir of the Southwestern borderlands—the geological, ecological, and cultural history embodied in the foods of this desert region.

  • Copyright year: 2012
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Aridland Springs in North America

Ecology and Conservation

The University of Arizona Press
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Arab/American

Landscape, Culture, and Cuisine in Two Great Deserts

The University of Arizona Press
  • Copyright year: 2008
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Unnatural Landscapes

Tracking Invasive Species

The University of Arizona Press
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