{"product_id":"meanings-of-maple-michael-lange-9781682260371","title":"Meanings of Maple: An Ethnography of Sugaring","description":"In \u003ci\u003eMeanings of Maple\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael A. Lange provides a cultural analysis of maple syrup making, known in Vermont as sugaring, to illustrate how maple syrup as both process and product is an aspect of cultural identity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Readers will go deep into a Vermont sugar bush and its web of plastic tubes, mainline valves, and collection tanks. They will visit sugarhouses crammed with gas evaporators and reverse-osmosis machines. And they will witness encounters between sugar makers and the tourists eager to invest Vermont with mythological fantasies of rural simplicity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e So much more than a commodity study, \u003ci\u003eMeanings of Maple\u003c\/i\u003e frames a new approach for evaluating the broader implications of iconic foodways, and it will animate conversations in food studies for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Lange\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682260372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682260371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arkansas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2018","brand":"Michael Lange","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965845520639,"sku":"9781682260371","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d5fdb4f-fb8a-497f-841f-2993800286dd.jpg?v=1767285235","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/meanings-of-maple-michael-lange-9781682260371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}