LEADER 02952nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910455352203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-35174-5 010 $a9786612351747 010 $a0-300-15399-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000764838 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH21618834 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000225070 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188055 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000225070 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10229909 035 $a(PQKB)10364178 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420539 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420539 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10348434 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL235174 035 $a(OCoLC)923594333 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000764838 100 $a20081011d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPotato$b[electronic resource] $ea history of the propitious esculent /$fJohn Reader 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-14109-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and index. 330 8 $aThe potatohumble, lumpy, bland, familiaris a decidedly unglamorous staple of the dinner table. Or is it? John Readers narrative on the role of the potato in world history suggests we may be underestimating this remarkable tuber. From domestication in Peru 8,000 years ago to its status today as the worlds fourth largest food crop, the potato has played a starringor at least supportingrole in many chapters of human history. In this witty and engaging book, Reader opens our eyes to the power of the potato.Whether embraced as the solution to hunger or wielded as a weapon of exploitation, blamed for famine and death or recognized for spurring progress, the potato has often changed the course of human events. Reader focuses on sixteenth-century South America, where the indigenous potato enabled Spanish conquerors to feed thousands of conscripted native people; eighteenth-century Europe, where the nutrition-packed potato brought about a population explosion; and todays global world, where the potato is an essential food source but also the worlds most chemically-dependent crop. Where potatoes have been adopted as a staple food, social change has always followed. It may be just a humble vegetable, John Reader shows, yet the history of the potato has been anything but dull. 606 $aPotatoes 606 $aPotatoes$xHistory 606 $aFood crops 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPotatoes. 615 0$aPotatoes$xHistory. 615 0$aFood crops. 700 $aReader$b John$074428 701 $aReader$b John$074428 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455352203321 996 $aPotato$92057072 997 $aUNINA