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