Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables and Figures vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 Medicinal Plants and Cultural Variation across Dominican Rural, Urban, and Transnational Landscapes 14
6. Chapter 2 Use of Medicinal Plants by Dominican Immigrants in New York City for the Treatment of Common Health Conditions 39
7. Chapter 3 Between Bellyaches and Lucky Charms 64
8. 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 86
9. Chapter 5 Use of Traditional Herbal Remedies by Thai Immigrant Women in Sweden 104
10. Chapter 6 Medicinal Plant Use by Surinamese Immigrants in Amsterdam, the Netherlands 122
11. Chapter 7 The Use of Home Remedies for Health Care and Well-Being by Spanish-Speaking Latino Immigrants in London 145
12. Chapter 8 Hackney’s “Ethnic Economy” Revisited 166
13. Chapter 9 A Strange Drug in a Strange Land 186
14. Chapter 10 Traditional Health Care and Food and Medicinal Plant Use among Historic Albanian Migrants and Italians in Lucania, Southern Italy 204
15. Chapter 11 Plant Knowledge as Indicator of Historical Cultural Contacts 227
16. Chapter 12 Procurement of Traditional Remedies and Transmission of Medicinal Knowledge among Sahrawi People Displaced in Southwestern Algerian Refugee Camp 245
17. Notes on Contributors 270
18. Index 276