Seed to civilization : the story of man's food

Title
  1. Seed to civilization : the story of man's food / Charles B. Heiser, Jr.
Published by
  1. San Francisco, California : W.H. Freeman, [1981]
  2. ©1981
Author
  1. Heiser, Charles B. (Charles Bixler), 1920-2010

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Description
  1. xii, 243 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series statement
  1. A Series of books in biology
Uniform title
  1. Series of books in biology (W.H. Freeman and Company)
Subject
  1. Agriculture > History
  2. Food > History
  3. Food crops > History
  4. Ethnobotany
  5. Ethnozoology
  6. Food
  7. Domestication
  8. Botany, Economic
  9. Nutrition
  10. Botany, Economics
  11. Agriculture > history
  12. Food > history
  13. Nutritional Physiological Phenomena > History
  14. Ethnobotany
  15. Food
  16. Agriculture > Histoire
  17. Aliments
  18. Botanique agricole
  19. Aliments > Histoire
  20. Cultures vivrières > Histoire
  21. Ethnobotanique
  22. Ethnozoologie
  23. food
  24. 48.12 history of agriculture
  25. Domestication
  26. Botany, Economic
  27. Agriculture
  28. Ethnozoology
  29. Food crops
  30. Geschichte
  31. Landwirtschaft
  32. Nahrung
  33. Landbouw
  34. Voedselproductie
  35. Food crops > Origin
  36. Agriculture History
  37. Food History
  38. Food crops History
  39. landbouw
  40. oorsprong
  41. origin
  42. distributie
  43. distribution
  44. vestiging
  45. establishment
  46. ecologie
  47. ecology
  48. gewassen
  49. crops
  50. fenologie
  51. phenology
  52. acclimatisatie
  53. acclimatization
  54. voedsel
  55. voedingsmiddelen
  56. foods
  57. wilde planten
  58. wild plants
  59. geografie
  60. geography
  61. regions
  62. reizen
  63. travel
  64. beschrijvingen
  65. descriptions
  66. geschiedenis
  67. history
  68. plantkunde
  69. botany
  70. wereld
  71. world
  72. nieuwe cultuurgewassen
  73. new crops
  74. economische botanie
  75. economic botany
  76. Feeding Habits
  77. Rural History
  78. Voedingsgewoonten
  79. Rurale geschiedenis
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. History (form)
Contents
  1. The origin of agriculture -- Seeds, sex, and sacrifice -- We are what we eat -- Meat: the luxury food -- Grasses: the staff of life -- Poor man's meat: the legumes -- The starchy staples -- Man's most useful tree: the coconut -- Other plants for food, beverage, and spice -- Evolution and breeding of man's domesticates -- Let them eat cake?
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Bibliography: p. [228]-236.