Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland by Clampitt, Cynthia

Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252080579)

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Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland by Clampitt, Cynthia

Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland

$19.95
Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland by Clampitt, Cynthia

Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Cynthia Clampitt
ISBN-10: 0252080572
ISBN-13: 9780252080579
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2015
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.09h x 7.17w x 0.71d

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Choice 09/01/2015
By Cynthia Clampitt
By Cynthia Clampitt
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Cynthia Clampitt is a food historian and travel writer, and the author of Waltzing Australia.

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