Rebecca Earle, "Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Rebecca earle's new book traces a global history of the potato, from its origins in the mountains in the andes to virtually every corner of the world. She was particularly interested in food as a way that people at the time explained the differences that they perceived between themselves and native peoples around the world. Her work is deeply connected with the emergence of a capitalist system, an the free market. We will talk about her most recent book entitled feeding the people, to politics of the potato,. published by cambridge university press in 20 20.
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