The Pecan : : A History of America's Native Nut / / James McWilliams.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: McWilliams, James,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.) :; 3 b&w photos

What would Thanksgiving be without pecan pie? New Orleans without pecan pralines? Southern cooks would have to hang up their aprons without America’s native nut, whose popularity has spread far beyond the tree’s natural home. But as familiar as the pecan is, most people don’t know the fascinating st...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction. Cracking the Nut
• Chapter 1 The Native Americans’ Nut
• Chapter 2 “Pekan Nuttrees” Europeans Encounter the Pecan
• Chapter 3 “. . . the Forest into an Orchard” Pas s i v e C u l t i vation on t h e Te x a s Frontier
• Chapter 4 Antoine’s Graft The Birth of the Improved Pecan, 1822–1900
• Chapter 5 “To Make These Little Trees” the culture of pecan improvement, 1900–1925
• Chapter 6 “Pecansfor theWorld” The Pecan Goes Industrial, 1920–1945
• Chapter 7 “In Almost Any Recipe . . . Pecans May Be Used” American Consumers Embrace the Pecan, 1940–1960
• Chapter 8 “China Wants Our Nuts” the pecan goes global
• Epilogue. The Future of Pecans
• Notes
• Bibliographic Essay
• Index