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Each plant description contains botanical details and a colour photograph to help identify the species, information on where to find it and a discussion on traditional methods of harvesting and preparation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ever-popular book is a perennial best seller and has been reprinted several times - again in 2013. More than 18,000 copies have been printed since the first edition in 1985.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFood Plants of Coastal First Peoples\u003c\/em\u003e, along with its companion on interior peoples, has two purposes, as the author states in her introduction: \"first, to inform interested naturalists and outdoors enthusiasts of the wealth and diversity of wild edible plants to be found in the privince; and second, for those interested in First Peoples' history and culture, to provide a record of species used by various groups and of the different harvesting and preparation procedures.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRoyal BC Museum Handbook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr Nancy J. Turner is distinguished and Hakai professor in ethnoecology in the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria. 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These professionals often travelled far away from their “likeness houses” to make visual records of this region, transporting their heavy glass plates and equipment by boat and wagon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSavard gives examples of the styles of photographs and methods of producing them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He shows the great technological advancements that took place in this period, from the early negatives produced on wet-glass plates to the invention of nitrate film. More importantly, he shows how some of these images, produced by outsiders who knew little about the cultures they recorded, do not portray the interests of the people in them, but those of the photographer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSavard shares his passion for historical photographs as he discusses the value in each, how or why the photographer produced it, or what the image means to researchers today. This is not only an important book about photography, but also a visual statement about perception (and misperception), cultural change and survival. \u003cem\u003eImages from the Likeness House\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to ethnographers, photographers, history buffs and anyone who appreciates a well-taken image.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDan Savard recently retired as senior collections manager of the Anthropology Audio Visual Collection at the Royal BC Museum; he is now a research associate at the museum. 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