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398 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780143037224
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 27 June 2006
Description
In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domesticatio...
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398 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780143037224
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Group
Publication date: 27 June 2006
Description
In the tradition of Mark Kurlansky's Cod and Salt, this endlessly revealing book reminds us that the fiber we think of as ordinary is the world's most powerful cash crop, and that it has shaped the destiny of nations. Ranging from its domesticatio...