Midwest maize : how corn shaped the U.S. heartland / Cynthia Clampitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clampitt, Cynthia, author.

Series:

Heartland foodways.

Heartland Foodways

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corn--Middle West.

Corn.

Corn--Middle West--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food historian Cynthia Clampitt pens the epic story of what happened when Mesoamerican farmers bred a nondescript grass into a staff of life so prolific, so protean, that it represents nothing less than one of humankind's greatest achievements. Blending history with expert reportage, she traces the disparate threads that have woven corn into the fabric of our diet, politics, economy, science, and cuisine. At the same time she explores its future as a source of energy and the foundation of seemingly limitless green technologies. The result is a bourbon-to-biofuels portrait of the astonishing plant that sustains the world.

Contents:

From Oaxaca to the world, or how maize became corn

Out of one, many: the unity and diversity of corn

Birth of the Midwest and the corn belt

Cities, transportation, and booming business

Sow, hoe, harvest

From field to table

Hooves, feathers, and invisible corn

Popcorn: America's snack

Transformations

Embracing change

and questioning change

Celebrating corn

Living with corn: early 1800's to early 1900's

Living with corn: early 1900's to present

Eating corn: recipes and histories

Questions, issues, and hopes for the future.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252080579

0252080572

9780252096877

0252096878

OCLC:

901275228