LEADER 02943nam 22006734a 450 001 9910816736203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a979-88-908714-0-4 010 $a0-8078-6325-4 035 $a(CKB)111087027917636 035 $a(EBL)413217 035 $a(OCoLC)476236276 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000130722 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11989203 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000130722 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10097762 035 $a(PQKB)10914913 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000695198 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12276919 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695198 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10675183 035 $a(PQKB)24540120 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL413217 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10202595 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930310 035 $a(OCoLC)437091703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC413217 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087027917636 100 $a20020716d2003 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCorn & capitalism $ehow a botanical bastard grew to global dominance /$fArturo Warman ; translated by Nancy L. Westrate 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (286 p.) 225 1 $aLatin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-5437-9 311 $a0-8078-2766-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 243-256). 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a15. Brief Reflections on Utopia & The New MillenniumBibliography; Index; 330 $aExploring the history and importance of corn worldwide from anthropological, social, political and economic perspectives, Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy. 410 0$aLatin America in translation/en traduccion/em traducao. 517 3 $aCorn and capitalism 606 $aCorn$xHistory 615 0$aCorn$xHistory. 676 $a633.1/5/09 700 $aWarman$b Arturo$01658509 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910816736203321 996 $aCorn & capitalism$94012545 997 $aUNINA