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Author Clampitt, Cynthia

Title Midwest maize : how corn shaped the U.S. heartland / Cynthia Clampitt
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Heartland foodways
Heartland foodways.
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 1800s to early 1900s -- Living with corn: early 1900s to present -- Eating corn: recipes and histories -- Questions, issues, and hopes for the future
Summary A vital crop's impact on human history, industry, and eating
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Corn -- Middle West
Corn -- Middle West -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Crop Science.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Corn
Middle West
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780252096877
0252096878
Other Titles How corn shaped the U.S. heartland