Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato

by Rebecca Earle

Book Overview

Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today they are the world's fourth most important food crop. Feeding the People traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes to everywhere. The potato's global history makes visible the ways in which our ideas about eating are entangled with the emergence of capitalism and its celebration of the free market. The potato's story also reminds us that ordinary people make history in ways...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108484069
• ISBN13: 9781108484060
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"