Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato. By Rebecca Earle. 2020. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 306 pp.

  • Eugene N. Anderson Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, USA.
Keywords: Potato

Author Biography

Eugene N. Anderson, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Riverside, USA.

Eugene N. Anderson is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside.

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Published
2021-03-15
How to Cite
Anderson, E. N. (2021). Feeding the People: The Politics of the Potato. By Rebecca Earle. 2020. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 306 pp. Ethnobiology Letters, 12(1), 55-57. https://doi.org/10.14237/ebl.12.1.2021.1745
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