Magic Bean: The Rise of Soy in America

by Matthew Roth

Book Overview

Choice Outstanding Academic Title

At the turn of the twentieth century, soybeans grew on so little of America's land that nobody bothered to track the total. By the year 2000, they covered upward of 70 million acres, second only to corn, and had become the nation's largest cash crop. How this little-known Chinese transplant, initially grown chiefly for forage, turned into a ubiquitous component of American farming, culture,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700626344
• ISBN13: 9780700626342
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"