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Pecan America : exploring a cultural icon /
- Title
- Pecan America : exploring a cultural icon / John Gifford.
- Author
- Gifford, John Allen,
- Publication
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
- ©2019
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | SB401.P4 G54 2019 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 199 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Pecan America provides readers with a look at how the rising demand for pecans around the world is transforming the way this nut is grown, promoted, and consumed here in the United States. Along the way, Gifford explores its presence in American folk art and culture, documents the pecan industry's quest for share of stomach in a market brimming with other tree nuts, examines the pecan's surprising array of health benefits, and profiles some of the fascinating people who bring this food to our tables. In the end, Gifford reveals the pecan to be much more than a food, but also a cultural curiosity and even a metaphor for America itself, one whose diverse nature may be its greatest quality." -- provided by publisher
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196).
- Contents
- The flood -- Made in America -- Cultivars -- Pecans for sale -- Sheller's market -- Big oil -- Better by nature -- Assets and liabilities -- The American pecan -- Home of the pecan festival.
- ISBN
- 9780700628353
- 0700628355
- 9780700628360 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019006699
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library