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How Food Made History
B. W. Higman
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Description for How Food Made History
Hardback. How Food Made History offers a wide-ranging overview of 5,000 years of global history, a period dominated by agriculture and urbanization. It 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. Num Pages: 276 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBTB; JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
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
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405189484
SKU
V9781405189484
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About B. W. Higman
B. W. Higman is Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of the University of the West Indies. He has published several books on the history of slavery and the social and economic history of the Caribbean. He has taught courses on world food history, and is the author of Jamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture (2008).
Reviews for How Food Made History
“. . . an excellent short introduction for the general reader.” (BBC History Magazine, 1 October 2012)