The Potato
Subtitle: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: June 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780571199518
Subjects: Western Europe - General; Potatoes; Agricultural Economics; Western Europe - History; History; History - General History; World; History: World; Social aspects; Civilization; Plants and history
First sentence: Just before the First World War, an American explorer traveling in Peru witnessed an ancient agricultural ceremony.