{"product_id":"potato-rebecca-earle-9781501344312","title":"Potato","description":"\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaked potatoes, Bombay potatoes, \u003ci\u003epommes frites \u003c\/i\u003e. . . everyone eats potatoes, but what do they mean? To the United Nations they mean global food security (potatoes are the world's fourth most important food crop). To 18th-century philosophers they promised happiness. Nutritionists warn that too many increase your risk of hypertension. For the poet Seamus Heaney they conjured up both his mother and the 19th-century Irish famine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat stories lie behind the ordinary potato? The potato is entangled with the birth of the liberal state and the idea that individuals, rather than communities, should form the building blocks of society. Potatoes also speak about family, and our quest for communion with the universe. Thinking about potatoes turns out to be a good way of thinking about some of the important tensions in our world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Earle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501344315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501344312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/21\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.70w x 0.60d","brand":"Rebecca Earle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43985962402047,"sku":"9781501344312","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e761e4d0-b4b3-4b20-8603-8bfa9ab2fc9d.jpg?v=1683280562","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/potato-rebecca-earle-9781501344312","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}