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Autore |
Warman Arturo |
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Titolo |
Corn & capitalism : how a botanical bastard grew to global dominance / / Arturo Warman ; translated by Nancy L. Westrate |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2003 |
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979-88-908714-0-4 |
0-8078-6325-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (286 p.) |
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Collana |
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Latin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Translator's Preface; Preface; 1. American Plants, World Treasures; 2. Botanical Economy of a Marvelous Plant; 3. A Bastard's Tale; 4. Corn in China: The Adventure Continues Half a World Away; 5. Corn & Slavery in Africa; 6. Corn & Colonialism; 7. Corn & Dependency in Independent Africa; 8. Corn in Europe: An Elusive Trail; 9. Corn & Society Before the Era of Bourgeois Revolution; 10. The Curse of Corn in Europe; 11. Corn in the United States: Blessing and Bane; 12. The Road to Food Power; 13. The Syndrome of Inequality: The World Market; 14. Inventing the Future |
15. Brief Reflections on Utopia & The New MillenniumBibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide from anthropological, social, political and economic perspectives, 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. |
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