Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190655778ISBN-10:190655771UPC:9780190655778Book Category:Cooking, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Regional & Ethnic, Agriculture & FoodBook Topic:MexicanSize:8.90 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCH6B953S0
Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food
As late as the 1960s, tacos were virtually unknown outside Mexico and the American Southwest. Within fifty years the United States had shipped taco shells everywhere from Alaska to Australia, Morocco to Mongolia. But how did this tasty hand-held food--and Mexican food more broadly--become so ubiquitous?
In Planet Taco, Jeffrey Pilcher traces the historical origins and evolution of Mexico's...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190655778ISBN-10:190655771UPC:9780190655778Book Category:Cooking, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:History, Regional & Ethnic, Agriculture & FoodBook Topic:MexicanSize:8.90 x 5.60 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCH6B953S0
Jeffrey M. Pilcher is Professor of History at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of Que vivan los tamales!: Food and the Making of Mexican Identity; The Sausage Rebellion: Public Health, Private Enterprise, and Meat in Mexico City; and Food in World History. He also edited the Oxford Handbook of Food History.
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