Corn & capitalism : how a botanical bastard grew to global dominance /
Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo 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. The book combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lenguaje: | inglés español |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2003.
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| Colección: | Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução.
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| Acceso en línea: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=102045 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- American plants, world treasures
- Botanical economy of a marvelous plant
- A bastard's tale
- Corn in China: The adventure continues half a world away
- Corn and slavery in Africa
- Corn and colonialism
- Corn and dependency in independent Africa
- Corn in Europe: an elusive trail
- Corn and society before the era of Bourgeois revolution
- The curse of corn in Europe
- Corn in the United States: blessing and bane
- The road to food power
- The syndrome of inequality: the world market
- Inventing the future
- Brief reflections on Utopia and the new millennium.