{"product_id":"the-history-and-social-influence-of-the-potato-paperback-9780521316231","title":"The History and Social Influence of the Potato (Paperback) 9780521316231","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe History and Social Influence of the Potato\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis revised impression enables another generation of readers to sample what Eric Hobsbawm has referred to as 'that magnificent monument of scholarship and humanity'.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRedcliffe N. Salaman (Author), J. G. Hawkes (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521316231, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 21 November 1985\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e768 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 4.6 cm, 1.192 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This book stands as the high achievement of an erudite and humane person of wide knowledge and even wider understanding.' Heredity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1949, this remarkable book is the culmination of a life-long study of every aspect of the potato. Dr Salaman is concerned first with the history of the potato as a member of the botanical genus Solanum, its adaptation by man as a cultivated plant, and the record of its spread throughout the world; secondly he considers the influence the potato has exerted upon the social structure and economy of different peoples at different times. The archaeological and anthropological evidence for the early significance of the potato among the peoples of Latin America is discussed in detail with numerous illustrations, but the central portion of the book is concerned with the European, and particularly the Irish evidence. Naturally the Great Hunger is the most dramatic single episode in the entire work, and Dr Salaman does full justice to his tragic theme, concluding with the observation that in Ireland 'the potato ended in wrecking both exploited and exploiter'. Elegantly written, with numerous vivid anecdotes, Salaman's History has long enjoyed the status of a classic. This revised impression, with a new introduction and emendations by Professor J. G. Hawkes, enables another generation of readers to sample what Eric Hobsbawm has referred to as 'that magnificent monument of scholarship and humanity'.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction to the revised impression\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e 1. Immigrant man and the Andean potato\u003cbr\u003e 2. The archaeological record\u003cbr\u003e 3. The potato in pre-Spanish Peru\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Inca period\u003cbr\u003e 5. The potatoes of America and their relation to the early European varieties\u003cbr\u003e 6. Early descriptions of the potato in Europe\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Vertues', vices and values\u003cbr\u003e 8. Names and aliases\u003cbr\u003e 9. The introduction to Europe: the Raleigh and other legends\u003cbr\u003e 10. Potato varieties: past, present and future\u003cbr\u003e 11. The potato in Ireland in the sixteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 12. The potato in Ireland in the seventeenth century\u003cbr\u003e 13. The potato in Ireland in the eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 14. The period of Irish self-government\u003cbr\u003e 15. Ireland in the nineteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 16. The potato famine: its causes and consequences\u003cbr\u003e 17. The potato in post-famine Ireland\u003cbr\u003e 18. The potato's part in the tragedy of Ireland\u003cbr\u003e 19. The potato in Scotland\u003cbr\u003e 20. The potato in the highlands of Scotland\u003cbr\u003e 21 The potato in the lowlands of Scotland\u003cbr\u003e 22. The potato in Wales\u003cbr\u003e 23. The potato of Shakespeare and the Jacobeans\u003cbr\u003e 24. The seventeenth century: the first hundred years of the potato's progress in Great Britain\u003cbr\u003e 25. The eighteenth century\u003cbr\u003e 26. The nineteenth century and after\u003cbr\u003e 27. The relation between potato and bread consumption\u003cbr\u003e 28. The potato in Tristan de Cunha\u003cbr\u003e 29. The potato in St Helena\u003cbr\u003e 30. The potato in Jersey\u003cbr\u003e 31. The industrial uses of the potato\u003cbr\u003e 32. The potato in war-time\u003cbr\u003e 33. The implements of production\u003cbr\u003e 34. The potato in the realm of art\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Note.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000887136536,"sku":"9780521316231","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521316231i_fad45402-f7db-49fe-8323-9a093a5fd32e.jpg?v=1691375107","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-history-and-social-influence-of-the-potato-paperback-9780521316231","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}