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Seed to civilization; the story of man's food [by] Charles B. Heiser, Jr.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Series of books in biologyPublication details: San Francisco, W. H. Freeman [1973]Description: xii, 243 p. illus. 23 cmISBN:
  • 0716705931
  • 071670594X (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 630/.9
LOC classification:
  • S421 .H4
Contents:
The origin of agriculture -- Seeds, sex, and sacrifice -- We are what we eat -- Meat: the luxury food -- Grasses: the staff of life -- Poor man's meat: the legumes -- The starchy staples -- Man's most useful tree: the coconut -- Other plants for food, beverage, and spice -- Evolution and breeding of man's domesticates -- Let them eat cake?
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks S421.H4 1 Available 33710000551122

Bibliography: p. [228]-236.

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The origin of agriculture -- Seeds, sex, and sacrifice -- We are what we eat -- Meat: the luxury food -- Grasses: the staff of life -- Poor man's meat: the legumes -- The starchy staples -- Man's most useful tree: the coconut -- Other plants for food, beverage, and spice -- Evolution and breeding of man's domesticates -- Let them eat cake?