Allen M. Young

Broschiertes Buch

The Chocolate Tree

A Natural History of Cacao

Beschreibung

Provides an overview of the natural and human history of one of the world's most intriguing commodities: chocolate. This title explores its ecological niche, tracing cacao's journey out of the rain forest, into pre-Columbian gardens, and then onto plantations adjacent to rain forests. It also presents a history of the use of cacao.

Autor

Allen M. Young is curator emeritus of zoology at the Milwaukee Public Museum, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Tirimbina Rainforest in Costa Rica, and author of Small Creatures and Ordinary Places .

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of Florida
• Second Edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 374g
• ISBN-13: 9780813030449
• ISBN-10: 0813030447
• Artikelnr.: 21406061