Corn and Capitalism
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Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy.
The book, first published in Mexico in 1988, combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy to tell the story of corn, a “botanical bastard” of unclear orig...
The book, first published in Mexico in 1988, combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy to tell the story of corn, a “botanical bastard” of unclear orig...
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Exploring the history and importance of corn worldwide, Arturo Warman traces its development from a New World food of poor and despised peoples into a commodity that plays a major role in the modern global economy.
The book, first published in Mexico in 1988, combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy to tell the story of corn, a “botanical bastard” of unclear orig...
The book, first published in Mexico in 1988, combines approaches from anthropology, social history, and political economy to tell the story of corn, a “botanical bastard” of unclear orig...
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