Seed to civilization : the story of man's food
- Title
- Seed to civilization : the story of man's food / Charles B. Heiser, Jr.
- Published by
- San Francisco, California : W.H. Freeman, [1981]
- ©1981
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xii, 243 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Series statement
- A Series of books in biology
- Uniform title
- Series of books in biology (W.H. Freeman and Company)
- Subject
- Agriculture > History
- Food > History
- Food crops > History
- Ethnobotany
- Ethnozoology
- Food
- Domestication
- Botany, Economic
- Nutrition
- Botany, Economics
- Agriculture > history
- Food > history
- Nutritional Physiological Phenomena > History
- Ethnobotany
- Food
- Agriculture > Histoire
- Aliments
- Botanique agricole
- Aliments > Histoire
- Cultures vivrières > Histoire
- Ethnobotanique
- Ethnozoologie
- food
- 48.12 history of agriculture
- Domestication
- Botany, Economic
- Agriculture
- Ethnozoology
- Food crops
- Geschichte
- Landwirtschaft
- Nahrung
- Landbouw
- Voedselproductie
- Food crops > Origin
- Agriculture History
- Food History
- Food crops History
- landbouw
- oorsprong
- origin
- distributie
- distribution
- vestiging
- establishment
- ecologie
- ecology
- gewassen
- crops
- fenologie
- phenology
- acclimatisatie
- acclimatization
- voedsel
- voedingsmiddelen
- foods
- wilde planten
- wild plants
- geografie
- geography
- regions
- reizen
- travel
- beschrijvingen
- descriptions
- geschiedenis
- history
- plantkunde
- botany
- wereld
- world
- nieuwe cultuurgewassen
- new crops
- economische botanie
- economic botany
- Feeding Habits
- Rural History
- Voedingsgewoonten
- Rurale geschiedenis
- Genre/Form
- History
- History (form)
- Contents
- 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
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. [228]-236.