Chicle

Chicle
Author: Jennifer P. Mathews
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780816528219

Chicle is a history in four acts, all of them focused on the sticky white substance that seeps from the sapodilla tree when its bark is cut. First, Jennifer Mathews recounts the story of chicle and its earliest-known adherents, the Maya and Aztecs. Second, with the assistance of botanist Gillian Schultz, Mathews examines the sapodilla tree itself, an extraordinarily hardy plant that is native only to Mesoamerica and the Caribbean. Third, Mathews presents the fascinating story of the chicle and chewing gum industry over the last hundred plus years, a tale (like so many twentieth-century tales) of greed, growth, and collapse. In closing, Mathews considers the plight of the chicleros, the "extractors" who often work by themselves tapping trees deep in the forests, and how they have emerged as icons of local pop culture -- portrayed as fearless, hard-drinking brawlers, people to be respected as well as feared. --publisher description.

Chavela and the Magic Bubble

Chavela and the Magic Bubble
Author: Monica Brown
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2010-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0547487444

When Chavela blows a bubble with a strange new gum, she floats away to Mexico, where her great-grandfather once worked harvesting the tree sap that makes gum chewy.

Tariff Schedules

Tariff Schedules
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
Total Pages: 976
Release: 1918
Genre: Tariff
ISBN:

Schedule A

Schedule A
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher:
Total Pages: 734
Release: 1921
Genre: Tariff
ISBN: