Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent

by John Reader

Book Overview

The long journey of the potato, from Incan gardens in the Andes thousands of years ago to a NASA manned rocket destined for Mars in the twenty-first century

The potato--humble, lumpy, bland, familiar--is a decidedly unglamorous staple of the dinner table. Or is it? John Reader's narrative on the role of the potato in world history suggests we may be underestimating this remarkable tuber. From domestication in Peru 8,000 years ago...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300171455
• ISBN13: 9780300171457
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"