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UNINA9910455107703321 |
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McCann James <1950-> |
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Maize and grace [[electronic resource] ] : Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000 / / James C. McCann |
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Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps |
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Disciplina |
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Corn - Africa - History |
Grain - Africa - History |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Africa and the World Ecology of Maize -- 2 Naming the Stranger: Maize's Journey to Africa -- 3 Maize's Invention in West Africa -- 4 Seeds of Subversion in Two Peasant Empires -- 5 How Africa's Maize Turned White -- 6 African Maize, American Rust -- 7 Breeding SR-52: The Politics of Science and Race in Southern Africa -- 8 Maize and Malaria -- 9 Maize as Metonym in Africa's New Millennium -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index |
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Sometime around 1500 A.D., an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world's most influential crops--one that would transform the future of Africa and of the Atlantic world. The recent spread of maize has been alarmingly fast, with implications largely overlooked by the media and policymakers. McCann's compelling history offers insight into the profound influence of a single crop on African culture, health, technological innovation, and the future of the world's food supply. |
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UNINA9910708620203321 |
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Burton William C (William Chapin), <1952-> |
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Geology of the Waterford quadrangle, Virginia and Maryland, and the Virginia part of the Point of Rocks quadrangle / / by William C. Burton [and three others] |
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Washington : , : United States Government Printing Office, , 1995 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (iv, 30 pages) : illustrations map |
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Collana |
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U.S. Geological Survey bulletin ; ; 2095 |
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Geology - Maryland |
Geology - Virginia |
Geology |
Maryland |
Virginia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from title screen (viewed August 25, 2014). |
Also available online in PDF format from the U.S. Geological Survey Warehouse (http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-30). |
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