- Bib ID:
- 459425
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Smith, Andrew F., 1946-
- Description:
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- Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c1994
- xii, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1570030006
- Summary:
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"Serious scholarly study traces biological origins of the tomato and evolution of human attitude toward its use from preconquest western South America, the Central America isthmus, and Mexico to 16th-century Europe. Then follows path of the tomato back across the Atlantic to 19th-century US. Also identifies another possible route for the tomato from the Caribbean to southeastern US. Drawn from scientific, medical, and historical works as well as traditional cookbooks"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
- Full contents:
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- The historical tomato
- Historical recipes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-204) and indexes.
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 1994
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