Fruits of Eden: David Fairchild and America's Plant Hunters [Idioma Inglés] - Hardcover

Harris, Amanda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813060613 ISBN 13: 9780813060613

Verlag: University Press of Florida, 2015

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"A warmly engaging look at a group of scientists and travelers who reached out to experience the wider world and sought to share it with their fellow citizens." --Agricultural History Society "Harris has penned a charming tale of the intertwined lives of the men who, in the early 20th century, brought the American public a variety of new foods that have since enriched American diets and dining experiences."--CHOICE

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At the turn of the noneteenth century - when mmost food in America was blan and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods - David Fairchild convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance overseas explorations to find and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that could find a new home in American fields and in the American diet. In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as they traversed distant lands - Algeria, Baghdad, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Java, and Zanzibar - to return with new and exciting flavors. Their expeditions led to a renaissance not only at the dinner table but also in horticulture, providing diversity of crops for farmers across the country. A fascinating account of our greatest agricultural explorer, who battled almost every imaginable peril so that American farmers could grow foods like mangoes, avocados, figs, and dates.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0813060613
• ISBN 13: 9780813060613
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272