David scofield wilson (23 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Good. From the exotic appeal of oranges to the joy of home-grown tomatoes, many fruits and vegetables have come to play key roles in our gardening, cooking, and eating habits. This book explores ten familiar cultivars?apples, bananas, corn, cranberries, peppers, oranges, pumpkins, tobacco, tomatoes, and watermelons?to show how they have become intimately entwined with the American way of life.Through recipes and superstitions, jokes and urban legends, history and advertising, these foods have become unmistakably part of our popular culture. We might attend a county fair and see a blue ribbon awarded to a prize pumpkin, then take in a movie that evening where we see a cigarette dangling from Humphrey Bogart's lips or even witness The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Whether native or exotic, consumed daily or associated with festivities, these common comestibles have become food for  thought as well as for sustenance.Rooted in America examines how these foods express our cultural values and carry meanings that derive from the contexts in which we place them. It offers a tour of the apple in American history and consciousness, from Johnny Appleseed to mass production; tells how fruit companies taught North Americans to eat bananas while teaching Central Americans to grow them; examines differing social status attached to eating corn; explores the aesthetic contribution of cranberries to plate and landscape; and reveals how hot peppers separate men from boys?and also European from non-European cultures.All of the essays show how these foods have slipped into our minds and hearts as symbols of what we value about ourselves and the places we live. Rooted in America will delight readers with its insights into favorite foods?proving that, no matter what their origins, all are as American as apple pie.David Scofield Wilson is emeritus professor and former director of American studies at the University of California, Davis, and author of In the Presence of Nature. Angus Kress Gillespie is associate professor of American studies at Rutgers University and coeditor of American Wildlife in Symbol and Story, also from Tennessee.Contributors:  Angus Kress Gillespie, Virginia S. Jenkins, Jay Mechling, Theresa MelÉndez, Boria Sax, C. W. Sullivan III, Tad Tuleja, Patricia Turner, David Scofield Wilson. …

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. From the exotic appeal of oranges to the joy of home-grown tomatoes, many fruits and vegetables have come to play key roles in our gardening, cooking, and eating habits. This book explores ten familiar cultivars?apples, bananas, corn, cranberries, peppers, oranges, pumpkins, tobacco, tomatoes, and watermelons?to show how they have become intimately entwined with the American way of life.Through recipes and superstitions, jokes and urban legends, history and advertising, these foods have become unmistakably part of our popular culture. We might attend a county fair and see a blue ribbon awarded to a prize pumpkin, then take in a movie that evening where we see a cigarette dangling from Humphrey Bogart's lips or even witness The Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. Whether native or exotic, consumed daily or associated with festivities, these common comestibles have become food for  thought as well as for sustenance.Rooted in America examines how these foods express our cultural values and carry meanings that derive from the contexts in which we place them. It offers a tour of the apple in American history and consciousness, from Johnny Appleseed to mass production; tells how fruit companies taught North Americans to eat bananas while teaching Central Americans to grow them; examines differing social status attached to eating corn; explores the aesthetic contribution of cranberries to plate and landscape; and reveals how hot peppers separate men from boys?and also European from non-European cultures.All of the essays show how these foods have slipped into our minds and hearts as symbols of what we value about ourselves and the places we live. Rooted in America will delight readers with its insights into favorite foods?proving that, no matter what their origins, all are as American as apple pie.David Scofield Wilson is emeritus professor and former director of American studies at the University of California, Davis, and author of In the Presence of Nature. Angus Kress Gillespie is associate professor of American studies at Rutgers University and coeditor of American Wildlife in Symbol and Story, also from Tennessee.Contributors:  Angus Kress Gillespie, Virginia S. Jenkins, Jay Mechling, Theresa MelÉndez, Boria Sax, C. W. Sullivan III, Tad Tuleja, Patricia Turner, David Scofield Wilson. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. Highlighting, underlining & notes to text; binding tight; minor wear & store stickers to covers. 239 pages. Illustrated.

1978. Natural History, History of Science. University of Massachusetts Press. Very good cloth, good but edge worn and scuffed dust jacket 234p.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy in pictorial wraps; 1st printing; some light wear to covers and curling to front cover corners, Illustrated; 8vo., 239 pages. 0.0 0.0 0.0.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. INSCRIBED by David Scofield on second page. Light edge wear, highlighting and notations in text. Inscribed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condizione: As New. A sharp academic trade paper, clean with a tight binding with an unmarked text.From a private smoke free collection.Shipping within 24 hours a tracking number and delivery confirmation.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Ex-library with tape reinforced edges of cover and labels on front and back and a small one on the spine. There's no stamping inside. 239pp. One label is mostly torn away from top of front cover, else very good.

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Acceptable. Acceptable; reading copy only - damaged /worn /marked Standard-sized.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. A study of three eighteenth naturalists on what was then the American frontier - Jonathan Carver was a Yankee explorer of the interior; John Bartram was a Pennsylvania botanist,and Mark Catesby, who was called the 'colonial Audubon' was an English-born artist and naturalist. Introduction by Gene Wise. Includes a full-color plate opposite the title page and 23 black and white plates, mostly botanical, but also including birds, animals, reptiles, and more. Extensive notes. Index. xvii, 234 pp. Fine in a very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the folds and wear to the ends of the spine).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and Inscribed By Author on title page to ecocritic Joseph Meeker: "to Joseph Meeker, In appreciation- for a fine weekend at Proteus and even more for the discovery of an ally. Thank you, David Wilson". (minor light shelfwear to jacket extremities). Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0870230204. Hardback. First Printing. Very Good condition book in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. Review slip laid in. No Signature.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.

paperback. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

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Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Second printing, one of 200 copies. Octavo. 20pp. Illustrated. Stapled illustrated yellow wrappers. A little soiled on the wrappers, and one illustration offset from a slip of paper, else about fine. *OCLC* locates two copies, both in California.