02358cam a2200373 a 4500 080911s2009 ctua b 001 0 eng c 9780300141092 9780300171457 0300141092 SDU SB211.P8 R286 P 2009 Reader, John. Potato : a history of the propitious esculent / John Reader. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009. xvi, 315 p. : ill. Originally published as: Propitious esculent. London : William Heinemann, 2008. South America -- To Mars from the Andes -- What exactly is a potato? -- Domestication -- Whence have they come? -- A dainty dish -- Europe -- The lonely impulse of delight -- The way it was -- The demoralising esculent -- Where the praties grow -- Seeds of famine -- Woe the sons of Adam! -- The world -- The fatal malady -- Co-opting science -- Men on a mission -- Global voyage -- Developing worlds -- For the price of apples. HKBU Library Photojournalist Reader (Africa: A Biography of the Continent) traces the humble potato from its roots in the Peruvian Andes to J.R. Simplot's multibillion-dollar-a-year French fry business. Despite its predilection to disease, the potato is a highly adaptable, high-yield, and nutrient-packed foodstuff. While this title focuses primarily on the potato's presence in South America and Europe, it also touches on Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, and China-currently the world's largest producer and consumer of potatoes. Verdict: Curiously little attention is paid to the tuber's contributions to the culinary and beverage landscape; the UK subtitle of this work, "The Potato in World History," provides a more accurate description of the focus of the text. Potatoes. Potatoes History. 194668 Potatoes Social aspects. 194669 Potato industry History. 194670 Food crops History. 194671 Aardappel. 194672 Cultuurgeschiedenis. 194673 Voedselgewassen. 194674 Aardappel. 194672 Cultuurgeschiedenis. 194673 Voedselgewassen. 194674 Reader, John. = C.1 SDU GBE lcc 104398 104398 0 0 lcc 0 SB0211 P8 R286 P2009 0 CGB 277733 SDU SDU GEN3 2025-08-06 2 0 SB211.P8 R286 P 2009 1000365918 2025-08-06 00:00:00 C.1 2025-08-06 GBE