Corn and Capitalism
Subtitle: How a Botanical Bastard Grew to Global Dominance
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: January 17, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780807854372
Subjects: Agriculture & related industries; Cereal crops; History of specific subjects; History - General History; Corn; History; Social Science; History: World; World - General; Economic History; Life Sciences - Horticulture; Business & Economics-Economic History; History / World; Science-Life Sciences - Horticulture; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Anthropology - Cultural; Agriculture - General; Kapitalisme.; Maèis.; gtt
First sentence: Vast riches, born of violence, flowed freely between the New World and the Old since the time of discovery.