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Publication

2011 - Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex : Malden, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

66,250 words, Guess

Page Count

265 pages

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and 5 more
  • ISBN-101405189479
  • Library of Congress Control Number2011022726
  • OCLC Control Number726822471
  • Better World Books9781405189484
  • Better World Books9781405189477

Classifications

  • DDC394.1/209
  • LCCGT2850 .H46 2011
  • LCCGT2850 .H46 2012
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  • LCCGT2850.H46 2011

Description

"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"--

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