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Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Cooking, Mexican--History.
Cooking, Mexican.
Cooking, Mexican--Social aspects--History.
Ethnicity--Mexico.
Ethnicity.
Food habits--Mexico--History.
Food habits.
Globalization--Social aspects--History.
Globalization.
Mexican Americans--Food--History.
Mexican Americans.
Sovereignty--Social aspects--Mexico--History.
Sovereignty.
Tacos--History.
Tacos.
History.
Sovereignty--Social aspects.
Mexican Americans--Food.
Globalization--Social aspects.
Social aspects.
Mexico.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (311 pages) : illustrations, maps
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Introduction: A Tale of Two Tacos
Part I. Proto-Tacos
Maize and the Making of Mexico
Burritos in the Borderlands
Part II. National Tacos
From the Pastry War to Parisian Mole
The Rise and Fall of the Chili Queens
Inventing the Mexican American Taco
Part III. Global Tacos
The First Wave of Global Mexican
The Blue Corn Bonanza
Conclusion: The Battle of the Taco Trucks
Glossary.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-282) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Other Format:
Print version: Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965- Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food
ISBN:
9780199908486
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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