Corn: A Global History by Michael Owen Jones

Corn: A Global History

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Michael Owen Jones

208 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

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Originating in Mesoamerica 9,000 years ago, maize--or, as we know it, corn--now grows in 160 countries. In the New World, indigenous peoples referred to corn as "Our Mother," "Our Life," and "She Who Sustains Us." Today, the United States is the w...

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