Midwest Maize : How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland Hardback
by Cynthia Clampitt
Part of the Heartland Foodways series
Hardback
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, 19 black and white photographs
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:11/03/2015
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- ISBN:9780252038914
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:304 pages, 19 black and white photographs
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:11/03/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252038914
