Potato

by Rebecca Earle

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Baked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, pommes frites . . . everyone eats potatoes, but what do they mean? To the United Nations they mean global food security (potatoes are the world's fourth most important food crop). To 18th-century philosophers they promised happiness. Nutritionists warn that too many increase your risk of hypertension...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501344315
• ISBN13: 9781501344312
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.7" x 6.4"