Shucks, Shocks, and Hominy Blocks: Corn As a Way of Life in Pioneer America

Hardeman, Nicholas Perkins

ISBN 10: 080710793X / ISBN 13: 9780807107935

Published by Louisiana State Univ Pr, Baton Rouge and London, 1981

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shucks, Shocks, and Hominy Blocks: Corn As a Way of Life in Pioneer America
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr, Baton Rouge and London
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080710793X
• ISBN 13: 9780807107935
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: as new
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Synopsis

Describes the integral role of corn in shaping the history, economy, culture, values, agriculture, daily life, and society of the United States

About the Author

Nicholas P. Hardeman, who received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, was professor of history at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of Wilderness Calling: The Hardeman Family in the American West Movement, 1750--1900.