Description |
xliv, 685 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Cambridge paperback library |
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Cambridge paperback library.
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Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction to the revised impression -- Preface -- Illustrations -- 1. Immigrant man and the Andean potato -- 2. The archaeological record -- 3. The potato in pre-Spanish Peru -- 4. The Inca period -- 5. The potatoes of America and their relation to the early European varieties -- 6. Early descriptions of the potato in Europe -- 7. 'Vertues', vices and values -- 8. Names and aliases -- 9. The introduction to Europe: the Raleigh and other legends -- 10. Potato varieties: past, present and future -- 11. The potato in Ireland in the sixteenth century -- 12. The potato in Ireland in the seventeenth century -- 13. The potato in Ireland in the eighteenth century -- 14. The period of Irish self-government -- 15. Ireland in the nineteenth century -- 16. The potato famine: its causes and consequences -- 17. The potato in post-famine Ireland -- 18. The potato's part in the tragedy of Ireland -- 19. The potato in Scotland -- 20. The potato in the highlands of Scotland -- 21 The potato in the lowlands of Scotland -- 22. The potato in Wales -- 23. The potato of Shakespeare and the Jacobeans -- 24. The seventeenth century: the first hundred years of the potato's progress in Great Britain -- 25. The eighteenth century -- 26. The nineteenth century and after -- 27. The relation between potato and bread consumption -- 28. The potato in Tristan de Cunha -- 29. The potato in St Helena -- 30. The potato in Jersey -- 31. The industrial uses of the potato -- 32. The potato in war-time -- 33. The implements of production -- 34. The potato in the realm of art -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Note |
Analysis |
Potatoes Social aspects history |
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Potatoes Social aspects, to 1980 |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [619]-645 |
Subject |
Potatoes -- History.
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Potatoes -- Social aspects.
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Solanum tuberosum -- history.
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Solanum tuberosum.
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Author |
Burton, W. G. (William Glynn)
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Hawkes, J. G. (John Gregory), 1915-2007.
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LC no. |
85006691 |
ISBN |
0521077834 |
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0521316235 (paperback) |
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