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This lively history by the acclaimed author of Just Food and A Revolution in Eating follows the pecan from primordial Southern groves to the contemporary Chinese marketplace to reveal how a nut with a very limited natural range has become a global commodi

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Cracking the Nut
Chapter 1. The Native Americans' Nut
Chapter 2. "Pekan Nuttrees": Europeans Encounter the Pecan
Chapter 3. ". . . the Forest into an Orchard": Passive Cultivation on the Texas Frontier
Chapter 4. Antoine's Graft: The Birth of the Improved Pecan, 1822–1900
Chapter 5. "To Make These Little Trees": The Culture of Pecan Improvement, 1900–1925
Chapter 6. "Pecans for the World": The Pecan Goes Industrial, 1920-1945
Chapter 7. "In Almost Any Recipe . . . Pecans May Be Used": American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940-1960
Chapter 8. "China Wants Our Nuts": The Pecan Goes Global
Epilogue. The Future of Pecans
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Index

The Pecan A History of Americas Native Nut

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 15/03/2022
      ISBN13: 9780292762183, 978-0292762183
      ISBN10: 0292762186
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This lively history by the acclaimed author of Just Food and A Revolution in Eating follows the pecan from primordial Southern groves to the contemporary Chinese marketplace to reveal how a nut with a very limited natural range has become a global commodi

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: Cracking the Nut
      Chapter 1. The Native Americans' Nut
      Chapter 2. "Pekan Nuttrees": Europeans Encounter the Pecan
      Chapter 3. ". . . the Forest into an Orchard": Passive Cultivation on the Texas Frontier
      Chapter 4. Antoine's Graft: The Birth of the Improved Pecan, 1822–1900
      Chapter 5. "To Make These Little Trees": The Culture of Pecan Improvement, 1900–1925
      Chapter 6. "Pecans for the World": The Pecan Goes Industrial, 1920-1945
      Chapter 7. "In Almost Any Recipe . . . Pecans May Be Used": American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940-1960
      Chapter 8. "China Wants Our Nuts": The Pecan Goes Global
      Epilogue. The Future of Pecans
      Notes
      Bibliographical Essay
      Index

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