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Gardens of New Spain : How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America /
When the Spanish began colonizing the Americas in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, they brought with them the plants and foods of their homeland-wheat, melons, grapes, vegetables, and every kind of Mediterranean fruit. Missionaries and colonists introduced these plants to the native peopl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 Pre-Columbian Spain-The Full Hourglass
- Chapter 2 Mexico before Columbus
- Chapter 3 Pre-Columbian Agriculture in the American Southwest
- Chapter 4 European Plantways to the New World: 1492-1521
- Chapter 5 Old World Agriculture Comes to the Mexican Mainland
- Chapter 6 Spanish Trade, Technology, and Livestock
- Chapter 7 New Mexico's First Mediterranean Gardens
- Chapter 8 Into Sonora and Arizona
- Chapter 9 The Corridor into Texas
- Chapter 10 Hispanic Farmers Return to New Mexico
- Chapter 11 Mediterranean Connections to Florida and California
- Epilogue
- Appendix: Master Plant List
- Glossary
- Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Index