Corn & Capitalism: How A Botanical Bastard Grew To Global Dominance
(Part of the Latin America in Translation Series)
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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, first published in Mexico in 1988, combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy to tell the story of corn, a "botanical bastard" of unclear origins that cannot reseed itself and is instead...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807854379
ISBN13:9780807854372
Release Date:March 2003
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.96 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"
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