The pecan: a history of America's native nut

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction : cracking the nut

The Native Americans' nut

"Pekan Nuttrees" : Europeans encounter the pecan

"...the forest into an orchard" : passive cultivation on the Texas frontier

Antoine's graft : the birth of the improved pecan, 1822-1900

"To make these little trees" : the culture of pecan improvement, 1900-1925

"Pecans for the world" : the pecan goes industrial, 1920-1945

"In almost any recipe...pecans may be used" : American consumers embrace the pecan, 1940-1960

"China wants our nuts" : the pecan goes global

Epilogue : the future of pecans

Notes

Bibliographic essay

Index.