Seed to Civilization

The Story of Food

Charles B. Heiser, Jr.

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ISBN 9780674865907

Publication Date: 08/06/1990

228 pages

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Preface to the 1990 Edition
1. In the Beginning
2. Seeds, Sex, and Sacrifice
3. Eating to Live
4. Meat: The Luxury Food
5. Grasses: The Staff of Life
6. Sugar
7. Legumes: The Meat of the Poor
8. The Starchy Staples
9. Coconut: The Tree of Life
10. Oils: Sunflower and Cotton
11. To Complete the Meal
12. Multiplier of the Harvest
13. Let Them Eat Cake?
Bibliography
Index

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