The profit of the earth : the global seeds of American agriculture /
Fullilove, Courtney,
The profit of the earth : the global seeds of American agriculture / Courtney Fullilove. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue: in the field -- Field notes. "Green revolutions": hunting turkey wheat -- Collection: the political culture of seeds -- The museum of seeds -- Seed sharing in the Patent Office -- Failures of tea cultivation in the American South -- Field notes. "Local knowledge": what the pastoralist knew -- Migration: wheat culture and immigrant agricultural knowledge -- For amber waves of grain -- Spacious skies and economies of scale -- Field notes. "Indigenous knowledge": diversity and endangerment -- Preservation: indigenous plants and the preservation of biocultural diversity -- Elk's weed on the prairie -- The allegory of the cave in Kentucky -- Writing on the seed -- Epilogue: in the gene bank.
9780226455051
Seeds--History--United States--19th century.
Seeds--Harvesting--History--United States--19th century.
Plant introduction--History--United States--19th century.
Seed industry and trade--History--United States--19th century.
Wheat--Breeding--History--United States--19th century.
Plant diversity conservation--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
SB187 / .P764 2017
The profit of the earth : the global seeds of American agriculture / Courtney Fullilove. - Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Prologue: in the field -- Field notes. "Green revolutions": hunting turkey wheat -- Collection: the political culture of seeds -- The museum of seeds -- Seed sharing in the Patent Office -- Failures of tea cultivation in the American South -- Field notes. "Local knowledge": what the pastoralist knew -- Migration: wheat culture and immigrant agricultural knowledge -- For amber waves of grain -- Spacious skies and economies of scale -- Field notes. "Indigenous knowledge": diversity and endangerment -- Preservation: indigenous plants and the preservation of biocultural diversity -- Elk's weed on the prairie -- The allegory of the cave in Kentucky -- Writing on the seed -- Epilogue: in the gene bank.
9780226455051
Seeds--History--United States--19th century.
Seeds--Harvesting--History--United States--19th century.
Plant introduction--History--United States--19th century.
Seed industry and trade--History--United States--19th century.
Wheat--Breeding--History--United States--19th century.
Plant diversity conservation--History--United States--19th century.
Electronic Books.
SB187 / .P764 2017