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Midwest Maize - How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland (Paperback) Loot Price: R466
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Midwest Maize - How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland (Paperback): Cynthia Clampitt

Midwest Maize - How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland (Paperback)

Cynthia Clampitt

Series: Heartland Foodways

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Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.

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Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Heartland Foodways
Release date: February 2015
First published: 2015
Authors: Cynthia Clampitt
Dimensions: 235 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-0-252-08057-9
Categories: Books > Health, Home & Family > Cookery / food & drink etc > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
Books > Food & Drink > General
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LSN: 0-252-08057-2
Barcode: 9780252080579

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