Shucks, Shocks, and Hominy Blocks: Corn as a Way of Life in Pioneer America - Softcover

Hardeman, Nicholas P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807124249 ISBN 13: 9780807124246

Verlag: LSU Press, 1981

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Críticas:

There can be few readers who will not find something in this book to interest, amuse, or challenge them. . . . All who are interested in American agricultural history will wish to have a copy of this book on their shelves.--Journal of the West

Here is everything you ever wanted to know about the planting, cultivation, harvesting, and processing of corn from colonial times to the rise of modern agriculture in the late 19th century. . . . The text is lively, the illustrations, a delight.--Library Journal

Corn was the language everyone--red, white, and black alike--spoke; corn was the true American vernacular. It is about time someone wrote a book making that point clear and emphatic, as this book does, recovering the earthy language for a generation that no longer knows how to speak it. Nicholas P. Hardeman's approach to the lore of corn culture is to make a compendium and to make it lively and amusing.--Western Historical Quarterly

The author has admirably succeeded in accomplishing what he set out to do, all with a lively and easy to read style, with well-chosen stories and touches of humor.--Paul W. Gates, Cornell University

The book is based on a tremendous amount of research. . . . It is marvelously informative.--American Historical Review

Reseña del editor:

Describes the integral role of corn in shaping the history, economy, culture, values, agriculture, daily life, and society of the United States

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• Verlag: LSU Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0807124249
• ISBN 13: 9780807124246
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
• Zeichner: Steele Linda M.