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Waltzing Australia by Cynthia Clampitt
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How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland
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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.

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Cynthia Clampitt is a food historian and travel writer, and the author of Waltzing Australia.
Release date NZ
February 11th, 2015
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
19 black and white photographs
Pages
304
Dimensions
156x235x20
ISBN-13
9780252080579
Product ID
22959010

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