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Maize and Grace : Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2007Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674040748
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Maize and GraceDDC classification:
  • 633.1/5/096
LOC classification:
  • SB191
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Africa and the World Ecology of Maize -- 2. Naming the Stranger: Maize's Journey to Africa -- 3. Maize's Invention in West Africa -- 4. Seeds of Subversion in Two Peasant Empires -- 5. How Africa's Maize Turned White -- 6. African Maize, American Rust -- 7. Breeding SR-52: The Politics of Science and Race in Southern Africa -- 8. Maize and Malaria -- 9. Maize as Metonym in Africa's New Millennium -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index.
Summary: Around 1500 A.D., an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world's most influential crops. This compelling history offers insight into the profound influence of maize on African culture, health, technological innovation, and the future of the world's food supply.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Africa and the World Ecology of Maize -- 2. Naming the Stranger: Maize's Journey to Africa -- 3. Maize's Invention in West Africa -- 4. Seeds of Subversion in Two Peasant Empires -- 5. How Africa's Maize Turned White -- 6. African Maize, American Rust -- 7. Breeding SR-52: The Politics of Science and Race in Southern Africa -- 8. Maize and Malaria -- 9. Maize as Metonym in Africa's New Millennium -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index.

Around 1500 A.D., an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world's most influential crops. This compelling history offers insight into the profound influence of maize on African culture, health, technological innovation, and the future of the world's food supply.

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