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Author: Redcliffe N. Salaman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1985-11-21
Total Pages: 772
ISBN-13: 9780521316231
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A reissue of a scholarly classic considers the influence of the potato on the social structure and economy throughout history wherever men adopted it as a mainstay of their diets.
Author: Rebecca Earle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-06-25
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1108484069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today they are the world's fourth most important food. How did this happen?
Author: John Reader
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780300171457
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Photojournalist Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent) traces the humble potato from its roots in the Peruvian Andes to J.R. Simplot's multibillion-dollar-a-year French fry business. Despite its predilection to disease, the potato is a highly adaptable, high-yield, and nutrient-packed foodstuff. While this title focuses primarily on the potato's presence in South America and Europe, it also touches on Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and China-currently the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes. Verdict: Curiously little attention is paid to the tuber's contributions to the culinary and beverage landscape; the UK subtitle of this work, "The Potato in World History," provides a more accurate description of the focus of the text.
Author: John Reader
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0099474794
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for MacDonalds chips, via Mrs Beeton, Charles Darwin, Lenin and Chairman Mao, to the mapping of the potato genome, the story of the spud is both satisfying and fascinating.
Author: Rebecca Earle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2019-03-21
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1501344315
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Baked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, pommes frites . . . everyone eats potatoes, but what do they mean? To the United Nations they mean global food security (potatoes are the world's fourth most important food crop). To 18th-century philosophers they promised happiness. Nutritionists warn that too many increase your risk of hypertension. For the poet Seamus Heaney they conjured up both his mother and the 19th-century Irish famine. What stories lie behind the ordinary potato? The potato is entangled with the birth of the liberal state and the idea that individuals, rather than communities, should form the building blocks of society. Potatoes also speak about family, and our quest for communion with the universe. Thinking about potatoes turns out to be a good way of thinking about some of the important tensions in our world. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
Author: Andrew F. Smith
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Published: 2012-01-01
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1861899971
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From obscure Pre-Columbian beginnings in the Andes Mountains to global popularity today, the story of the potato is one of rags to riches. In Potato, esteemed culinary historian Andrew F. Smith reveals the captivating story of a once lowly vegetable that has changed—and continues to change—the world. First domesticated by prehistoric people in the Andes, the potato has since been adopted by cultures around the globe. For instance, the potato was aggressively adopted by cooks in India and China, where it has become a dietary staple. In fact, these two countries now stand as the world’s largest potato producers. Nonetheless, despite its popularity, in this era of both fast food and health consciousness, the potato is now suffering negative publicity regarding its low nutritional value. Its health benefits continue to be debated, especially considering that the potato is most often associated with the ubiquitous but high-calorie french fry. Potato is a captivating read that provides a concisely written but thoroughly researched account of the history, economy, politics, and gastronomy behind this beloved starch—as well as recipes. As loaded with goodies as a well-dressed baked potato, this book is comforting and satisfying.
Author: John Shelton Reed
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1988-07-01
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 0820310239
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Creating a sort of periodic table of the southern populace, Southern Folk, Plain and Fancy catalogs and describes the several social types--gentleman and lady, "lord of the lash" and cunning belle, fun-loving "good old boy," depraved redneck, and other figures--that have animated the region since antebellum times.
Author: Redcliffe Nathan Salaman
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Published: 1949
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Allen G. Debus
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1978-10-31
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780521293280
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phrases of the scientific revolution.
Author: Robert B. Gordon
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2001-09-28
Total Pages: 1086
ISBN-13: 9780801868160
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →By applying their abundant natural resources to ironmaking early in the 18th century, Americans soon made themselves felt in world markets. After the Revolution, ironmakers supplied the materials necessary to the building of American industry, pushing the fuel efficiency and productivity of their furnaces far ahead of their European rivals. In this work, Robert B. Gordon draws on recent archaeological findings as well as archival research to present an comprehensive survey of iron technology in America from the colonial period to the industry's demise at about the turn of the 20th century.
