List of Tables and Figures
Introduction
Chapter 1. Medicinal Plants and Cultural Variation across Dominican Rural, Urban, and Transnational Landscapes
Andreana L. Ososki, Michael J. Balick, and Douglas C. Daly
Chapter 2. Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominican Immigrants in New York City for the Treatment of Common Health Conditions: A Comparative Analysis with Literature Data from the Dominican Republic
Ina Vandebroek, Michael J. Balick, Jolene Yukes, Levenia Duran, Fredi Kronenberg, Christine Wade, Andreana L. Ososki, Linda Cushman, Rafael Lantigua, Miriam Mejia and Lionel Robineau
Chapter 3. Between Bellyaches and Lucky Charms: Revealing Latinos' Plant-Healing Knowledge and Practices in New York City
Anahi Viladrich
Chapter 4. The Changing Scene of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies Due to Migration of Indians from the Asian Subcontinent to the United States
Usha R. Palaniswamy
Chapter 5. Use of Traditional Herbal Remedies by Thai Immigrant Women in Sweden
Pranee C. Lundberg
Chapter 6. Medicinal Plant Use by Surinamese Immigrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Results of a Pilot Market Survey
Tinde van Andel and Charlotte van 't Klooster
Chapter 7. The Use of Home Remedies for Health Care and Well-Being by Spanish-Speaking Latino Immigrants in London: A Reflection on Acculturation
Melissa Ceuterick, Ina Vandebroek, Bren Torry and Andrea Pieroni
Chapter 8. Hackney's Ethnic Economy Revisited: Local Food Culture, Ethnic Purity, and the Politico-Historical Articulation of Kurdish Identity
Sarah Keeler
Chapter 9. A Strange Drug in a Strange Land
Neil Carrier
Chapter 10. Traditional Health Care and Food and Medicinal Plant Use Among Historic Albanian Migrants and Italians in Lucania, Southern Italy
Cassandra L. Quave and Andrea Pieroni
Chapter 11. Plant Knowledge as Indicator of Historical Cultural Contacts: Tanning in the Atlantic Fringe
Ingvar Svanberg
Chapter 12. Procurement of Traditional Remedies and Transmission of Medicinal Knowledge among Sahrawi People Displaced in Southwestern Algerian Refugee Camps
Gabriele Volpato, Abdalahe Ahmadi Emhamed, Saleh Mohamed Lamin Saleh, Alessandro Broglia, and Sara di Lello
Notes on Contributors
Index
