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A rich and fertile land : a history of food in America /

The small ears of corn grown on the land by Native Americans have become row upon row of cornflakes on supermarket shelves. The immense seas of grass and the animals that they supported are now big farms with regular rows of soybeans, corn and wheat that feed the world. But how did this happen and w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kraig, Bruce
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Reaktion Books, 2017.
Subjects:	Diet > United States > History. Food > United States > History.

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