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UNINA9910455107703321 |
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Autore |
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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xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps |
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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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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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UNISA996389509403316 |
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Autore |
Fitz-Geffry Charles <1575?-1638.> |
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Deaths sermon vnto the liuing [[electronic resource] ] : Deliuered at the funerals of the religious ladie Philippe, late wife vnto the Right Worshipfull Sr. Anthonie Rous of Halton in Cornwall Knight. By Charles Fitz-Geffry |
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London, : Printed by W. Stansby for Iohn Parker, and are to bee sold at his shop in Pauls Church-yard at the signe of the three Pidgeons, 1620 |
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Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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