02922nam 22006494a 450 991078036930332120230617030352.0979-88-908714-0-40-8078-6325-4(CKB)111087027917636(EBL)413217(OCoLC)476236276(SSID)ssj0000130722(PQKBManifestationID)11989203(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130722(PQKBWorkID)10097762(PQKB)10914913(SSID)ssj0000695198(PQKBManifestationID)12276919(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695198(PQKBWorkID)10675183(PQKB)24540120(Au-PeEL)EBL413217(CaPaEBR)ebr10202595(CaONFJC)MIL930310(OCoLC)437091703(MiAaPQ)EBC413217(EXLCZ)9911108702791763620020716d2003 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCorn & capitalism[electronic resource] how a botanical bastard grew to global dominance /Arturo Warman ; translated by Nancy L. WestrateChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20031 online resource (286 p.)Latin America in translation/en traducción/em traduçãoDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-5437-9 0-8078-2766-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256).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 Future15. Brief Reflections on Utopia & The New MillenniumBibliography; Index; 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.Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.CornHistoryCornHistory.633.1/5/09Warman Arturo1558060MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780369303321Corn & capitalism3822152UNINA