Download or read book Proving Up written by Lisi Krall and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uses the interdisciplinary approach of evolutionary economics to explore the history of land domestication in the United States.

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