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Midwest maize : how corn shaped the U.S. heartland /

A vital crop's impact on human history, industry, and eating.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clampitt, Cynthia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015.
Colección:Heartland foodways.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From Oaxaca to the world, or how maize became corn
  • Out of one, many: the unity and diversity of corn
  • Birth of the Midwest and the corn belt
  • Cities, transportation, and booming business
  • Sow, hoe, harvest
  • From field to table
  • Hooves, feathers, and invisible corn
  • Popcorn: America's snack
  • Transformations
  • Embracing change
  • and questioning change
  • Celebrating corn
  • Living with corn: early 1800s to early 1900s
  • Living with corn: early 1900s to present
  • Eating corn: recipes and histories
  • Questions, issues, and hopes for the future.