Corn Crusade
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Aaron Heldorfer's Corn Crusade examines the global effort to promote corn cultivation during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The book traces the efforts of agricultural experts, missionaries, and government officials to introduce corn as a staple crop in regions around the world.
It analyzes the cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of this agricultural intervention.
It examines how local communities adapted to or resisted the adoption of corn, and the unintended consequences of this global agricultural project.
The book traces the efforts of agricultural experts, missionaries, and government officials to introduce corn as a staple crop in regions around the world.
It analyzes the cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of this agricultural intervention.
It examines how local communities adapted to or resisted the adoption of corn, and the unintended consequences of this global agricultural project.
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