The untold history of the potato
Reader, John2009
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From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for MacDonalds chips, via Mrs Beeton, Charles Darwin, Lenin and Chairman Mao, to the mapping of the potato genome, the story of the spud is both satisfying and fascinating.
Main title:
The untold history of the potato / John Reader.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2009.
Collation:
xvi, 315 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: as Propitious esculent. London: William Heinemann, 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780099474791 (pbk)
Dewey class:
641.3521
LC class:
SB211.P8
Language:
English
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BRN:
1066684
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