AMS 205 Lecture 13: AMS205 The Potato Notes
29 Sep 2016
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Origins and diffusion, started 10,000 years ago, cultivation of sweet and regular potatoes in americas. a. i. Calories by land is 2-4x better than corn cultivation: back to peru b. i. Sweet potatoes can only be cultivated in warm weather: the lowly potato d. c. i. Causes 25% european population increase since more calories available. There by 1800, and in 1845 great potato famine drives many to us: the irish in america, early arrivals a. i. 150k in america pre-famine: the great famine b. i. b. ii. b. iii. 1846 - near to 100% of crop destroyed. Irish population pre blight - 8 million b. iii. 1. b. iii. 2. b. iii. 3. b. iii. 4. 1 million is forced off land by british imperial rule. 10% of us bound emigrants from ireland died on ships c. b. iv. Irish migration is only migration where majority of migrants are women at time: how the irish became white, anti-irish sentiment a. i. Believes that catholics are subservient to pope above all others a. i. 4.
