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How Food Made History

By B. W. Higman

Book information

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Year
2011
ISBN
9781405189484, 9781405189477
LCC
GT2850.H46 2011
Google Books ID
YIUoz98yMvgC
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8537208 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
275\275
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

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 distancesConsiders social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distributionOffers a fresh understanding of world history through the discussion of food

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