Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.
Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
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G 2013/2750
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English
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Physical content
xv, 292 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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 w...
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2012.
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Summary
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 this book the author traces the historica...
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Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-282) and index.
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c2012.
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G 2013/2750
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74VKDrwoZ3GA
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ISBN
0199740062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780199740062 (hardcover : alk. paper)
DDC
641.5972
MMS ID
991019012419702626
