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Author Pilcher, Jeffrey M., 1965-

Title Planet taco : a global history of Mexican food / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  641.5972 P637P    Check Shelf
Description xv, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-282) and index.
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 Wave of Global Mexican -- The Blue Corn Bonanza -- Conclusion: The Battle of the Taco Trucks.
Subject Cooking, Mexican -- History.
Cooking, Mexican -- Social aspects -- History.
Food habits -- Mexico -- History.
Ethnicity -- Mexico.
Tacos -- History.
Mexican Americans -- Food -- History.
Sovereignty -- Social aspects -- Mexico -- History.
Globalization -- Social aspects -- History.
ISBN 9780199740062 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
0199740062 (hbk. : acid-free paper)
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