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Seed to Civilization
The Story of Food
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English
Published/Copyright:
1990
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Contents
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Preface to the 1990 Edition
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CHAPTER ONE. In the Beginning
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CHAPTER TWO. Seeds, Sex, and Sacrifice
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CHAPTER THREE. Eating to Live
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CHAPTER FOUR. Meat: The Luxury Food
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CHAPTER FIVE. Grasses: The Staff of Life
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CHAPTER SIX. Sugar
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CHAPTER SEVEN. Legumes: The Meat of the Poor
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CHAPTER EIGHT. The Starchy Staples
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CHAPTER NINE. Coconut: The Tree of Life
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CHAPTER TEN. Oils: Sunflower and Cotton
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CHAPTER ELEVEN. To Complete the Meal
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CHAPTER TWELVE. Multiplier of the Harvest
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Let Them Eat Cake?
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Bibliography
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Index
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eBook published on:
October 1, 2013
eBook ISBN:
9780674865907
Hardcover published on:
February 5, 1990
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674865891
Edition:
New ed. Reprint 2014
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228
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eBook ISBN:
9780674865907
Hardcover ISBN:
9780674865891
Keywords for this book
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Agriculture -- History.; Food crops.
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Professional and scholarly;
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Harvard University Press
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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