Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108484060)

Potatoes are the world's fourth most important food crop, yet they were unknown to most of humanity before 1500. Feeding the People traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes to everywhere. The potato's global history reveals the ways in which our ideas about eating are entangled with the emergence of capitalism and its celebration of the free market. It also reminds us that ordinary people make history in ways that continue to shape our lives. Feeding the People tells the story of how eating became part of statecraft, and provides a new account of the global spread of one of the world's most successful foods.

Author: Rebecca Earle
ISBN-10: 1108484069
ISBN-13: 9781108484060
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/25/2020
Pages: 308
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.80d