The History and Social Influence of the Potato (Cambridge Paperback Library)

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Redcliffe N. Salaman (21 November 1985). The History and Social Influence of the Potato. Cambridge University Press. p.688. ISBN 978-0-521-31623-1. a b c d e John Reader (2009). The Untold History of the Potato. Vintage. pp.221–225. ISBN 978-0-09-947479-1. Dorien Knaap, The W.A. Scholtencompany: the first Dutch industrial multinational, Summary of the dissertation, University of Groningen, 2004 "The W.A. Scholtencompany: the first Dutch industrial multinational" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25 . Retrieved 2012-08-22. While the blight had a devastating effect on Europe, America had something equally nasty to deal with - the Colorado potato beetle.

Endelman, Todd M. (2004). "Anglo-Jewish Scientists and the Science of Race". Jewish Social Studies. Indiana University Press. 11 (1): 52–92. ISSN 0021-6704. JSTOR 4467695 . Retrieved 16 July 2023.In his academic life, he was president of the Jewish Historical Society, a council member for the Jews’ College (today the London School of Jewish Studies), a founder of the Jewish Health Organization of Great Britain, and a member of the board of governors of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. [25] [26] For millennia, the insect had been quietly minding its own business, content to feed on the buffalo bur, a distant relative of the potato. However, when the Spanish moved up into North America, they brought the horses and cows that lived among the buffalo bur in Mexico and Central America along with them and hitching a ride on the buffalo bur were the beetles. Once the potato had been established as a crop in North America, the beetle took a liking to it. By the 1860s, it had reached the Missouri River and an invasion of the rich potato fields that lay beyond was inevitable. The effects of this tiny little invader were devastating as it destroyed field after field of potatoes from the Deep South to the Atlantic coast. a b Nee, M.; Salaman, R. N.; Hawkes, J. G. (1987). "The History and Social Influence of the Potato". Brittonia. 39: 48. doi: 10.2307/2806972. JSTOR 2806972. S2CID 87155742.

The English really is quite old fashioned and fairly particular in habit. E.g., using neighborhood to refer to a group of small towns in a county For the early history of the potato was set on a stage dominated by the mysterious grandeur of the Andes, whose dread influence could never.a b c d Ley, Willy (February 1968). "The Devil's Apples". For Your Information. Galaxy Science Fiction. pp.118–125. Endelman, Todd M. (2004). "Anglo-Jewish Scientists and the Science of Race". Jewish Social Studies. 11 (1): 52–92. doi: 10.2979/JSS.2004.11.1.52. ISSN 0021-6704. JSTOR 4467695. Archeological evidence also shows that throughout the formative period from 1500 BC to 500 BC and Tiwanaku period in the Andes, potatoes and tubers became increasingly popular as a crop and food. Boiled and steamed potatoes and tubers replaced soups throughout the formative period. [10] From isotopic analysis of human skeletons and archeological reference materials, tubers and potatoes were an integral part of the Andean diet throughout the formative and Tiwanaku periods, alongside the grain quinoa and animals such as llamas. [11] In the Incan period, potato and legume consumption decreased (although still commonly consumed) in favor of crops like maize. [12] Miller, Melanie J.; Kendall, Iain; Capriles, José M.; Bruno, Maria C.; Evershed, Richard P.; Hastorf, Christine A. (2021-11-29). "Quinoa, potatoes, and llamas fueled emergent social complexity in the Lake Titicaca Basin of the Andes". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118 (49). Bibcode: 2021PNAS..11813395M. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2113395118. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 8670472. PMID 34845028. The potato is believed to have been domesticated in the Andes mountains about 10,000 years ago. A robust crop ideally suited to the harsh, frozen conditions of the world’s longest mountain range, the potato was a nutritious foodstuff that had the added advantage of being much less susceptible to spoilage than other crops, making it the ideal food to stave off famines - a scourge that plagued other parts of the world such as Europe for centuries.