Feeding the People : The Politics of the Potato
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108484069
ISBN-13
9781108484060
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 25th, 2020
Print length
308 Pages
Weight
584 grams
Dimensions
15.80 x 23.40 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
General & world historyFood & societyEconomic history
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Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today everyone eats them. This book traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes to everywhere. En route it helps explain why we feel so ambivalent about governmental dietary guidelines and celebrates the contributions of ordinary people to shaping how we eat.
Potatoes are the world''s fourth most important food crop, yet they were unknown to most of humanity before 1500. Feeding the People traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes to everywhere. The potato''s global history reveals the ways in which our ideas about eating are entangled with the emergence of capitalism and its celebration of the free market. It also reminds us that ordinary people make history in ways that continue to shape our lives. Feeding the People tells the story of how eating became part of statecraft, and provides a new account of the global spread of one of the world''s most successful foods.
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