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Seed to Civilization : The Story of Food / Charles B. Heiser, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heiser, Jr., Charles B., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture.
- Ethnobotanique.
- Ethnobotany.
- Ethnozoologie.
- Ethnozoology.
- Food crops.
- Food.
- Landwirtschaft, Veterinärmedizin.
- Agriculture--History.
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.
- Local Subjects:
- Agriculture--History.
- Food crops.
- SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany.
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : Zahlr. Abb.
- Edition:
- New ed. Reprint 2014
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the 1990 Edition
- CHAPTER ONE. In the Beginning
- CHAPTER TWO. Seeds, Sex, and Sacrifice
- CHAPTER THREE. Eating to Live
- CHAPTER FOUR. Meat: The Luxury Food
- CHAPTER FIVE. Grasses: The Staff of Life
- CHAPTER SIX. Sugar
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Legumes: The Meat of the Poor
- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Starchy Staples
- CHAPTER NINE. Coconut: The Tree of Life
- CHAPTER TEN. Oils: Sunflower and Cotton
- CHAPTER ELEVEN. To Complete the Meal
- CHAPTER TWELVE. Multiplier of the Harvest
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN. Let Them Eat Cake?
- Bibliography. Index
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)
- ISBN:
- 0-674-86590-1
- OCLC:
- 1013960790
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