How Food Made History
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How Food Made History

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eBook - ePub

How Food Made History

About this book

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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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781405189477
9781405189484
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9781444344653
Topic
History
Subtopic
Social History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Illustrations
  5. Preface
  6. Prologue: Questions of choice?
  7. CHAPTER ONE: The Creation of Food Worlds
  8. CHAPTER TWO: Genetics and Geography
  9. CHAPTER THREE: Forest, Farm, Factory
  10. CHAPTER FOUR: Hunting, Herding, Fishing
  11. CHAPTER FIVE: Preservation and Processing
  12. CHAPTER SIX: Trade
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN: Cooking, Class, and Consumption
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT: National, Regional, and Global Cuisines
  15. CHAPTER NINE: Eating Well, Eating Badly
  16. CHAPTER TEN: Starving
  17. Conclusion: Cornucopia or Pandora’s Box?
  18. Suggested Further Reading
  19. Index

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