One of the best, traditional favorites is
"Economic Botany: Plants in Our World" 1995. By Beryl Brintnall Simpson
and Molly Conner Ogorzaly. NY: McGraw-Hill. ISBN: 0-07-057569-X
A newcomer which is paperback and with two-color printing but good info is
"Plants and Society" 1996. By Estelle Levetin and Karen McMahon.
Dubuque, IA: Wm. C. Brown. ISBN: 0-697-33382-5
I don't know the price of either book.
Dr. David W. Kramer
Assistant Professor of Plant Biology
Ohio State University at Mansfield
1680 University Drive
Mansfield, OH 44906
(419) 755-4344 FAX: (419) 755-4367
e-mail: kramer.8 at osu.edu