| Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland Contributor(s): Clampitt, Cynthia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252080572 ISBN-13: 9780252080579 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Cooking | History |
| Dewey: 633.15 |
| LCCN: 2014026403 |
| Series: Heartland Foodways |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 7.17" W x 9.09" (1.09 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world. |