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Names: Grandia, Liza, author.

Title: Kernels of resistance : maize, food sovereignty, and collective power / Liza Grandia, University of Washington Press.

Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2024] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2024014076 | ISBN 9780295753294 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780295753300 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295753317 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Food sovereignty. | Sustainability.

Classification: LCC HD9000.5 .G695 2024 | DDC 338.1/9—dc23/eng/20240916

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