How food made history
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2011 - Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, West Sussex : Malden, MA, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
66,250 words, Guess
Page Count
265 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25287722M
- Internet Archivehowfoodmadehisto00higm
- ISBN-139781405189484
- ISBN-139781405189477
- ISBN-101405189487
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
and 1 more
- 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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