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Corn and Capitalism: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
Arturo Warman
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Paperback. Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide from anthropological, social, political and economic perspectives, 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. Translator(s): Westrate, Nancy L. Series: Latin America in Translation/enTraduccion/em Traducao. Num Pages: 288 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: HBT; KNAC; TVKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
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 dependent on agriculture for propagation. Beginning in the Americas, Warman depicts corn as colonizer. Disparaged by the conquistadors, this Native American staple was embraced by the destitute of ... Read more
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 dependent on agriculture for propagation. Beginning in the Americas, Warman depicts corn as colonizer. Disparaged by the conquistadors, this Native American staple was embraced by the destitute of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Condition
New
Series
Latin America in Translation/enTraduccion/em Traducao
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807854372
SKU
V9780807854372
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About Arturo Warman
The late Arturo Warman was an anthropologist and the former minister of agrarian reform in Mexico.
Reviews for Corn and Capitalism: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
"Arturo Warman's study of maize elegantly documents how a domesticated New World plant could deeply affect Old World farming and eating habits and the lives and pleasures of countless human beings. The genius of Native American farmers made the whole world their beneficiaries." - Sidney W. Mintz, author of Tasting Food, Tasting Freedom