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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813032203321

Autore

Pilcher Jeffrey M. <1965->

Titolo

Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / / Jeffrey M. Pilcher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2012

ISBN

0-19-065577-1

0-19-990848-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

641.5972

Soggetti

Cooking, Mexican - History

Cooking, Mexican - Social aspects - History

Ethnicity - Mexico

Food habits - Mexico - History

Globalization - Social aspects - History

Mexican Americans - Food - History

Sovereignty - Social aspects - Mexico - History

Tacos - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-282) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: A Tale of Two Tacos -- Part I. Proto-Tacos -- Maize and the Making of Mexico -- Burritos in the Borderlands -- Part II. National Tacos -- From the Pastry War to Parisian Mole -- The Rise and Fall of the Chili Queens -- Inventing the Mexican American Taco -- Part III. Global Tacos -- The First Wave of Global Mexican -- The Blue Corn Bonanza -- Conclusion: The Battle of the Taco Trucks -- Glossary.