Midwest maize : how corn shaped the U.S. heartland /

Clampitt, Cynthia.

Midwest maize : how corn shaped the U.S. heartland / How corn shaped the U.S. heartland Cynthia Clampitt. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource. - Heartland foodways .

Includes bibliographies and index.

From Oaxaca to the world, or how maize became corn -- Out of one, many: the unity and diversity of corn -- Birth of the Midwest and the corn belt -- Cities, transportation, and booming business -- Sow, hoe, harvest -- From field to table -- Hooves, feathers, and invisible corn -- Popcorn: America's snack -- Transformations -- Embracing change -- and questioning change -- Celebrating corn -- Living with corn: early 1800s to early 1900s -- Living with corn: early 1900s to present -- Eating corn: recipes and histories -- Questions, issues, and hopes for the future.



9780252096877


Corn--Middle West.
Corn--History.--Middle West


Electronic Books.

SB191 / .M539 2015