Maize and grace [[electronic resource] ] : Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000 / / James C. McCann |
Autore | McCann James <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 633.15096 |
Soggetto topico |
Corn - Africa - History
Grain - Africa - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-674-04074-0 |
Classificazione | NW 2570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455107703321 |
McCann James <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maize and grace [[electronic resource] ] : Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000 / / James C. McCann |
Autore | McCann James <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 633.15096 |
Soggetto topico |
Corn - Africa - History
Grain - Africa - History |
ISBN |
0-674-26590-4
0-674-04074-0 |
Classificazione | NW 2570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778166303321 |
McCann James <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Maize and grace : Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000 / / James C. McCann |
Autore | McCann James <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 633.15096 |
Soggetto topico |
Corn - Africa - History
Grain - Africa - History |
ISBN |
0-674-26590-4
0-674-04074-0 |
Classificazione | NW 2570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996247851503316 |
McCann James <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Maize and grace : Africa's encounter with a New World crop, 1500-2000 / / James C. McCann |
Autore | McCann James <1950-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps |
Disciplina | 633.15096 |
Soggetto topico |
Corn - Africa - History
Grain - Africa - History |
ISBN |
0-674-26590-4
0-674-04074-0 |
Classificazione | NW 2570 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820557903321 |
McCann James <1950-> | ||
Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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