Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed.
by
Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
ISBN
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9780817387402
Title
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Heart of palms : my Peace Corps years in Tranquilla / Meredith W. Cornett ; foreword by Florence Reed.
Author
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Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
Personal Author
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Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
Physical Description
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1 online resource.
Contents
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Plant species mentioned in the text -- Introduction -- Part I. Seed (germination): July-December 1991 -- Armando -- Platano -- Papaya -- Teca -- Exploracion -- Agua -- Posadas -- Part II. Seedling (taking root): January-June 1992 -- Brujeria -- Limon -- Todo el mundo -- Acacia -- Hormigas -- Palmas -- Part III. Sapling (establishment): July-December 1992 -- Recursos naturales -- Donde el gringo -- La operacion -- Victor Venenoso -- Salud -- Leucaena -- Boa -- Part IV. Tree (harvest): January-June 1993 -- Demonstracion -- Almejas -- Quinceanera -- Lorena -- Miel -- Bosque -- Despedida -- Epilogue.
Local Note
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Personal Subject
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Cornett, Meredith W., 1968-
Corporate Subject
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Peace Corps (U.S.) -- Biography.
Peace Corps (U.S.)
Subject Term
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Rain forest ecology -- Panama -- History -- 20th century.
Rain forest ecology -- Panama -- San Vicente de la Tranquilla -- History -- 20th century.
Women ecologists -- Panama -- Biography.
Americans -- Panama -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
NATURE -- Ecology.
NATURE -- Ecosystems & Habitats -- Wilderness.
SCIENCE -- Environmental Science.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Ecology.
Geographic Term
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Panama -- Environmental conditions.
San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) -- Environmental conditions.
San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) -- Social life and customs.
San Vicente de la Tranquilla (Panama) -- Biography.
Format
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Electronic Resources
Electronic Access
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Publication Date
:
2014
Publication Information
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Tuscaloosa :
The University of Alabama Press,
2014.
| Shelf Number | Material Type | Copy | Shelf Location | Status |
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| 577.34097287 23 | 1:E-BOOK | 1 | 1:ONLINE | Available for online access and/or download |