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The pecan : a history of America's native nut /

<P>What would Thanksgiving be without pecan pie? New Orleans without pecan pralines? Southern cooks would have to hang up their aprons without America?s native nut, whose popularity has spread far beyond the tree?s natural home. But as familiar as the pecan is, most people don?t know the fasci...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McWilliams, James E.
Formato: Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Cracking the Nut; 1. The Native Americans' Nut; 2. "Pekan Nuttrees": Europeans Encounter the Pecan; 3. ". . . the Forest into an Orchard": Passive Cultivation on the Texas Frontier; 4. Antoine's Graft: The Birth of the Improved Pecan, 1822-1900; 5. "To Make These Little Trees": The Culture of Pecan Improvement,1900-1925; 6. "Pecans for the World": The Pecan Goes Industrial, 1920-1945; 7. "In Almost Any Recipe ... Pecans May Be Used": American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940-1960; 8. "China Wants Our Nuts": The Pecan Goes Global.
  • Epilogue. The Future of PecansNotes; Bibliographic Essay; Index.