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" Potato : "
John Reader.
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BL
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980013
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b734383
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Reader, John.
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Potato : : a history of the propitious esculent /\ John Reader.
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| Publication Statement
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New Haven [Conn.] :: Yale Univ. Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (xvi, 315 pages) :: illustrations
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0300153996
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: 0300171455
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: 1282351745
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: 9780300153996
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: 9780300171457
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: 9781282351745
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: 9786612351747
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0300141092
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9780300141092
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Previously published as Propitious esculent by William Heinemann in 2008.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
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| Contents
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South America -- To Mars from the Andes -- What exactly is a potato? -- Domestication -- Whence have they come? -- A dainty dish -- Europe -- The lonely impulse of delight -- The way it was -- The demoralising esculent -- Where the praties grow -- Sees of famine -- Woe the sons of Adam! -- The world -- The fatal malady -- Co-opting science -- Men on a mission -- Global voyage -- Developing worlds -- for the price of apples.
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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.
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Food crops.
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Potatoes-- History.
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Potatoes.
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Food crops.
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GARDENING-- Vegetables.
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HISTORY-- World.
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Potatoes.
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Aardappel.
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Cultuurgeschiedenis.
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Voedselgewassen.
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| Dewey Classification
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635/.21
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SB211.P8R43 2009eb
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15.50bcl
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| Added Entry
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Reader, John.
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