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Amber Waves: The Extraordinary Biography of Wheat, from Wild Grass to World Megacrop
Bottom of the pile
15
/100
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Readers
12/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Catherine Zabinski
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Date:
September 1, 2020
Plant ecologist Catherine Zabinski invites readers to follow the evolutionary journey of wheat while exploring its symbiotic relationship with humans.
What The Reviewers Say
... replete with heartbreak, endless drama and even an unlikely love affair.
An abundance of endnotes and references indicate an extensively researched text, while the chronological narrative reads like a biography starting with ancient people and cultivation through the modern practices of manipulating food DNA.
... a pleasant but cluttered account of the long history of humans and wheat.
