An Edible History of Humanity - WHAP RANGEL

[Pages:234]AN EDIBLE HISTORY OF HUMANITY

ALSO BY TOM STANDAGE

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An EDIBLE HISTORY of HUMANITY

TOM STANDAGE

Copyright ? 2009 by Tom Standage

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Art credits: is based in part on a photograph by John Doebley (teosinte.wisc.edu); maps were created by the author; courtesy of the British

Library; courtesy of the Mary Evans Picture Library; courtesy of Boeing; courtesy of AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, Maria Stein Collection; courtesy

of Archiv der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Berlin-Dahlem; courtesy of Bettman/Corbis.

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