Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch

by Andrea Freeman

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The first and definitive history of the use of food in United States law and politics as a weapon of conquest and control, a Fast Food Nation for the Black Lives Matter era

In 1779, to subjugate Indigenous nations, George Washington ordered his troops to "ruin their crops now in the ground and prevent their planting more." Destroying harvests is just one way that the United States has used food as a political...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:1250871042

ISBN13:9781250871046

Release Date:July 2024

Publisher:Metropolitan Books

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"

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