Earle, Rebecca (2021) Potato. In: Thurner, Mark and Pimentel, Juan, (eds.) New world objects of knowledge : a cabinet of curiosities. London: University of London Press, pp. 247-250. ISBN 9781908857828

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Abstract

In 2016, shortly after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, posters started to appear in British cities announcing that ‘Potatoes Are Immigrants’. A drawing of a cheerful heap of chips, together with one of those little takeaway forks, accompanied the text. Versions of the image were spotted in the United States shortly afterwards. The poster, by Mia Frostner and Rosalie Schweiker, reminds us that this most ‘British’ of foods is itself, originally, from somewhere very far away. As in almost every other place where it is eaten today, the Andean origins of the potato have been forgotten....

Item Type:	Book Item
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Potatoes -- History , Potatoes -- Social aspects, Potato industry -- History, Food crops -- History
Publisher:	University of London Press
Place of Publication:	London
ISBN:	9781908857828
Book Title:	New world objects of knowledge : a cabinet of curiosities
Editor:	Thurner, Mark and Pimentel, Juan
Official Date:	2021
Dates:	Date Event 2021 Published
Number of Pages:	350
Page Range:	pp. 247-250
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	5 July 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	6 July 2022
Related URLs:	Publisher Other

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