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How Food Made History
Contributor(s): Higman, B. W. (Author)
ISBN: 1405189487     ISBN-13: 9781405189484
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $78.80  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: October 2011
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Social History
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
- Cooking | History
Dewey: 394.120
LCCN: 2011022726
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.15 lbs) 288 pages
 
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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