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Corn & capitalism : how a botanical bastard grew to global dominance /

Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy. The book combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Warman, Arturo
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
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Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003.
Colección:Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • American plants, world treasures
  • Botanical economy of a marvelous plant
  • A bastard's tale
  • Corn in China: The adventure continues half a world away
  • Corn and slavery in Africa
  • Corn and colonialism
  • Corn and dependency in independent Africa
  • Corn in Europe: an elusive trail
  • Corn and society before the era of Bourgeois revolution
  • The curse of corn in Europe
  • Corn in the United States: blessing and bane
  • The road to food power
  • The syndrome of inequality: the world market
  • Inventing the future
  • Brief reflections on Utopia and the new millennium.