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How food made history / B.W. Higman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781444344646
  • 1444344641
  • 144434465X
  • 9781444344653
  • 1444344668
  • 9781444344660
  • 1405189487
  • 9781405189484
  • 1405189479
  • 9781405189477
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: How food made history.DDC classification:
  • 394.12 23
LOC classification:
  • GT2850 .H46 2012eb
Other classification:
  • HIS054000
  • 15.50
Online resources:
Contents:
The creation of food worlds -- Genetics and geography -- Forest, farm, factory -- Hunting, herding, fishing -- Preservation and processing -- Trade -- Cooking, class, and consumption -- National, regional, and global cuisines -- Eating well, eating badly -- Starving.
Summary: "Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic and social life and contributed fundamentally to the development of government and complex societies. Charts the changing technologies that have increased crop yields, enabled the industrial processing and preservation of food, and made transportation possible over great distances Considers social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distribution -- Offers a fresh understanding of world history through the discussion of food"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The creation of food worlds -- Genetics and geography -- Forest, farm, factory -- Hunting, herding, fishing -- Preservation and processing -- Trade -- Cooking, class, and consumption -- National, regional, and global cuisines -- Eating well, eating badly -- Starving.

"Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic and social life and contributed fundamentally to the development of government and complex societies. Charts the changing technologies that have increased crop yields, enabled the industrial processing and preservation of food, and made transportation possible over great distances Considers social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distribution -- Offers a fresh understanding of world history through the discussion of food"-- Provided by publisher.

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