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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clampitt, Cynthia.
Midwest maize: how corn shaped the
U.S. heartland / Cynthia Clampitt.
pages cm. — (Heartland foodways)
Other title: How corn shaped the U.S. heartland
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-252-03891-4 (cloth: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-252-08057-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-252-09687-7 (ebook)
1. Corn—Middle West.
2. Corn—Middle West—History.
I. Title. II. Title: How corn shaped the U.S.
heartland. III. Series: Heartland foodways.
SB191.M2C64        2015
633.1’5—dc23        2014026403