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- catalog abstract "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 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 the Old World. In time, corn spread across the globe as a prodigious food source for both humans and livestock. Warman also reveals corn's role in nourishing the African slave trade. Through the history of one plant with enormous economic importance, Warman investigates large-scale social and economic processes, looking at the role of foodstuffs in the competition between nations and the perpetuation of inequalities between rich and poor states in the world market. Praising corn's almost unlimited potential for future use as an intensified source of starch, sugar, and alcohol, Warman also comments on some of the problems he foresees for large-scale, technology-dependent monocrop agriculture.".
- catalog alternative "Corn and capitalism".
- catalog alternative "Historia de un bastardo".
- catalog contributor b12773368.
- catalog created "c2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "c2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2003.".
- catalog description "American plants, world treasures -- Botanical economy of a marvelous plant -- A bastard's tale -- Corn in China: The adventure continues half a world away -- Corn and slavery in Africa -- Corn and colonialism -- Corn and dependency in independent Africa -- Corn in Europe: an elusive trail -- Corn and society before the era of Bourgeois revolution -- The curse of corn in Europe -- Corn in the United States: blessing and bane -- The road to food power -- The syndrome of inequality: the world market -- Inventing the future -- Brief reflections on Utopia and the new millennium.".
- catalog description "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 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 the Old World. In time, corn spread across the globe as a prodigious food source for both humans and livestock. Warman also reveals corn's role in nourishing the African slave trade. Through the history of one plant with enormous economic importance, Warman investigates large-scale social and economic processes, looking at the role of foodstuffs in the competition between nations and the perpetuation of inequalities between rich and poor states in the world market. Praising corn's almost unlimited potential for future use as an intensified source of starch, sugar, and alcohol, Warman also comments on some of the problems he foresees for large-scale, technology-dependent monocrop agriculture.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-256) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 270 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Corn & capitalism.".
- catalog identifier "0807827665 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0807854379 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Corn & capitalism.".
- catalog isPartOf "Latin America in translation/en traducción/em tradução".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "c2003.".
- catalog language "eng spa".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,".
- catalog relation "Corn & capitalism.".
- catalog subject "633.1/5/09 21".
- catalog subject "Corn History.".
- catalog subject "SB191.M2 W34 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "American plants, world treasures -- Botanical economy of a marvelous plant -- A bastard's tale -- Corn in China: The adventure continues half a world away -- Corn and slavery in Africa -- Corn and colonialism -- Corn and dependency in independent Africa -- Corn in Europe: an elusive trail -- Corn and society before the era of Bourgeois revolution -- The curse of corn in Europe -- Corn in the United States: blessing and bane -- The road to food power -- The syndrome of inequality: the world market -- Inventing the future -- Brief reflections on Utopia and the new millennium.".
- catalog title "Corn & capitalism : how a botanical bastard grew to global dominance / Arturo Warman ; translated by Nancy L. Westrate.".
- catalog title "Corn and capitalism".
- catalog title "Historia de un bastardo".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".