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008			120514s2012 waua ob s001 0 eng
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050	0	0	_aSB347 _b.P867 2012
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aOtt, Cindy. _e1
245	1	0	_aPumpkin : _bthe curious history of an American icon / _cCindy Ott.
250			_afirst edition.
260			_aSeattle, Wash : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c(c)2012.
300			_a1 online resource (xvi, 323 pages).
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aWeyerhaeuser environmental books
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505	0	0	_aForeword: Not by Bread Alone, by William Cronon; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Corn, Beans, and Just Another Squash, 10,000 BCE to 1600; 2. "The Times Wherein Old Pompion Was a Saint" From Pumpkin Beer to Pumpkin Pie, 1600 to 1799; 3. Thoreau Sits on a Pumpkin The Making of a Rural New England Icon, 1800 to 1860; 4. "Wonderfully Grand and Colossal" -- _tThe Pumpkin and the Nation, 1861 to 1899; 5. Jack-o'-Lantern Smiles -- _tAmericans Celebrate the Fall Harvest with Pumpkins, 1900 to 1945; 6. Atlantic Giants to Jack-Be-Littles -- _tThe Changing Nature of Pumpkins, 1946 to the Present.
505	0	0	_a7. Pulling Up a Pig Sty to Put in a Pumpkin Patch -- _tThe Changing Nature of American Rural Economies, 1946 to the PresentNotes; Bibliography; Index.
520	0		_a"Why do so many Americans drive for miles each autumn to buy a vegetable that they are unlikely to eat? While most people around the world eat pumpkin throughout the year, North Americans reserve it for holiday pies and other desserts that celebrate the harvest season and the rural past. They decorate their houses with pumpkins every autumn and welcome Halloween trick-or-treaters with elaborately carved jack-o'-lanterns. Towns hold annual pumpkin festivals featuring giant pumpkins and carving contests, even though few have any historic ties to the crop. In this fascinating cultural and natural history, Cindy Ott tells the story of the pumpkin. Beginning with the myth of the first Thanksgiving, she shows how Americans have used the pumpkin to fulfull their desire to maintain connections to nature and to the family farm of lore, and, ironically, how small farms and rural communities have been revitalized in the process. And while the pumpkin has inspired American myths and traditions, the pumpkin itself has changed because of the ways people have perceived, valued, and used it. Pumpkin is a smart and lively study of the deep meanings hidden in common things and their power to make profound changes in the world around us. Cindy Ott is assistant professor of American Studies at Saint Louis University."From the symbolism of pumpkins in classical and medieval mythology, to locavores and harvest festivals, Ott's paean to pumpkins is important, entertaining, and enlightening."--Warren Belasco, author of Food, the Key Concepts"An original, carefully researched, engagingly written, even playful and witty foray into the exploding field of food history by an up-and-coming star in the field. How appropriate that so delightful a vegetable has an equally delightful book to pay it tribute."--the Foreword by William Cronon"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aPumpkin _xHistory.
650		0	_aCooking (Pumpkin) _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aPumpkin growers _zUnited States _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=495858&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell