Maize and Grace: Africa's Encounter with a New World Crop, 1500-2000

by James C. McCann

Book Overview

Sometime around 1500 AD, an African farmer planted a maize seed imported from the New World. That act set in motion the remarkable saga of one of the world's most influential crops--one that would transform the future of Africa and of the Atlantic world. Africa's experience with maize is distinctive but also instructive from a global perspective: experts predict that by 2020 maize will become the world's most cultivated crop.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674025571
• ISBN13: 9780674025578
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 8.0"