How Food Made History

How Food Made History
ISBN-10
144434465X
ISBN-13
9781444344653
Category
History
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2011-08-08
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Author
B. W. Higman

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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