LEADER 03516nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910458008303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59726-517-9 035 $a(CKB)2550000000060188 035 $a(EBL)3317547 035 $a(OCoLC)923187610 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644614 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12196969 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644614 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10694435 035 $a(PQKB)10220276 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000542592 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12250197 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542592 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10518184 035 $a(PQKB)11675452 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3317547 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3317547 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10511986 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000060188 100 $a20080402d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhere our food comes from$b[electronic resource] $eretracing Nikolay Vavilov's quest to end famine /$fGary Paul Nabhan ; foreword by Ken Wilson 210 $aWashington [D.C.] $cIsland Press/Shearwater Books$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59726-399-0 311 $a1-61091-003-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 199-210) and index. 327 $aTitle Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Ch. 1: The Art Museum and the Seed Bank; Ch. 2: The Hunger Artist and the Horn of Plenty; Ch. 3: Melting Glaciers and Waves of Grain: The Pamirs; Ch. 4: Drought and the Decline of Variety: The Po Valley; Ch. 5: From Breadbasket to Basket Case: The Levant; Ch. 6: Date Palm Oases and Desert Crops: The Maghreb; Ch. 7: Finding Food in Famine's Wake: Ethiopia; Ch. 8: Apples and Boomtown Growth: Kazakhstan; Ch. 9: Rediscovering America and Surviving the Dust Bowl: The U.S. Southwest; Ch. 10: Logged Forests and Lost Seeds: The Sierra Madre 327 $aCh. 11: Deep in the Tropical Forests of the AmazonCh. 12: The Last Expedition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Index 330 $aThe future of our food depends on tiny seeds in orchards and fields the world over. In 1943, one of the first to recognize this fact, the great botanist Nikolay Vavilov, lay dying of starvation in a Soviet prison. But in the years before Stalin jailed him as a scapegoat for the country's famines, Vavilov had traveled over five continents, collecting hundreds of thousands of seeds in an effort to outline the ancient centers of agricultural diversity and guard against widespread hunger. Now, another remarkable scientist-and vivid storyteller-has retraced his footsteps. In Where Our Food Comes Fr 606 $aCenters of plant diversity 606 $aPlant collecting 606 $aBotanical specimens$xCollection and preservation 606 $aFood crops$xGermplasm resources$xCollection and preservation 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCenters of plant diversity. 615 0$aPlant collecting. 615 0$aBotanical specimens$xCollection and preservation. 615 0$aFood crops$xGermplasm resources$xCollection and preservation. 676 $a581.6/32 700 $aNabhan$b Gary Paul$0769491 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458008303321 996 $aWhere our food comes from$92196939 997 $aUNINA