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Crossing the Atlantic, he first examines the agricultural scene of pre-Columbian Mexico and the Southwest. Then he traces the spread of plants and foods introduced from the Mediterranean to Spain's settlements in Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas and California. About Help Blog Jobs Welcome to our new website.
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About this book Contents Customer reviews Related titles. About this book Tells the fascinating story of the diffusion of plants, gardens, agriculture and cuisine from late medieval Spain to the colonial frontier of Hispanic America. Gardens of New Spain: The Conquest of New Spain circa -- mexicocity.
The North American Review. Cuisine of the Water Gods: The Authentic eafood and vegetable Cookery of Mexico. Simon and Schuster, Staller, John, and Michael Carrasco. Subjects Agriculture -- New Spain -- History. Food crops -- New Spain -- History. New Spain -- History. Summary The purpose of this book is to portray Mediterranean crop and food connections to America during Spanish colonial times. Indeed, he states that all too often America's colonial era pertains to the thirteen English colonies while her Spanish heritage has been basically ignored or glossed over quickly.
The North American Review. You do not currently have access to this article. Hispanic farmers return to New Mexico Ch. In order to set up a list of libraries that you have access to, you must first login or sign up. University of Texas Press, Into Sonora and Arizona Ch. Mediterranean connections to Florida and California App.
Oxford University Press, , devotes one page to New Mexico and only half a page to the state of Arizona. As the Greater Southwest and the Hispanic colonial corridors constitute a major portion of the history of North American agriculture, cuisine, and gardening, these regions deserve lengthier treatment than what they have received traditionally in the literature. Dunmire, a retired National Park Service naturalist, has succeeded in giving this neglected area of food history its rightful place within ethnobotany in Gardens of New Spain.
Gardens of New Spain is highly recommended for all academic, public and special library collections with an interest in agriculture, botany and ethnobotany, culinary science, ethnic studies, history, and horticulture.
A must read for all cooks and anyone with an interest in the history of food, this is a fascinating reading experience about some little known facets of food history, which consolidates, supplements and extends the existing published literature in this area. Pre-Columbian Spain - the full hourglass Ch. Mexico before Columbus Ch.
Pre-Columbian agriculture in the American Southwest Ch. European plantways to the New World: Old World agriculture comes to the Mexican mainland Ch. Spanish trade, technology, and livestock Ch. New Mexico's first Mediterranean gardens Ch.
Into Sonora and Arizona Ch. The corridor into Texas Ch. Hispanic farmers return to New Mexico Ch. Mediterranean connections to Florida and California App.