McCann, James, 1950-

Maize and grace Africa's encounter wit h a New World crop, 1500-2000 / [electronic resource] : James C. McCann. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2005. - xiii, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-274) and index.

Africa and the world ecology of maize -- Naming the stranger: maize' s journey to Africa -- Maize's invention in West Africa -- Seeds of sub version in two peasant empires -- How Africa's maize turned white -- Af rican maize, American rust -- Breeding SR-52: the politics of science a nd race in Southern Africa -- Maize and malaria -- Maize as metonym in Africa's new millennium -- Appendix: Tables.


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