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Author:

Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965-

Title:

Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xv, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Cooking, Mexican--History.
Cooking, Mexican--History.--History.
Food habits--Mexico--History.
Ethnicity--Mexico.
Tacos--History.
Mexican Americans--History.--History.
Sovereignty--History.--Mexico--History.
Globalization--History.--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-282) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: A Tale of Two Tacos -- Part I. Proto-Tacos -- Maize and the Making of Mexico -- Burritos in the Borderlands -- Part II. National Tacos -- From the Pastry War to Parisian Mole -- The Rise and Fall of the Chili Queens -- Inventing the Mexican American Taco -- Part III. Global Tacos -- The First Wave of Global Mexican -- The Blue Corn Bonanza -- Conclusion: The Battle of the Taco Trucks.

ISBN:

0199740062 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
9780199740062 (hbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)781680667

LCCN:

2012014835

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)