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An edition of An edible history of humanity (2009)

An edible history of humanity

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From the Publisher: From the bestselling author of A History of the World in Six Glasses, this is a riveting history of humanity told through the foods we eat. Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance; it has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. And today, in the culmination of a process that has been going on for thousands of years, the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, and the adoption of new technologies. An Edible History of Humanity is a journey through the uses of food that have helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from prehistory to the present. Drawing on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, ethno-botany and economics, the story of these gastronomic revolutions is a deeply satisfying account of the whole of human history.

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Publisher
Walker & Company
Language
English
Pages
269

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Subjects

History Food Symbolic aspects of Food Agriculture Food habits Symbolic aspects Food preferences Economic aspects Economic aspects of Food

People

Tom Standage

Places

Earth The USA England Europe Asia Australia

Times

All of time
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An edible history of humanity
2009, Thorndike Press
in English - Large print ed.
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An edible history of humanity
2009, Walker & Company
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Table of Contents

The edible foundations of civilization
The invention of farming
The roots of modernity
Food and social structure
Food, wealth and power
Follow the food
Global highways of food
Splinters of paradise
Seeds of empire
Food, energy and industrialisation
New world, new foods
The steam engine and the potato
Food as a weapon
The fuel of war
Food fight
Food, population and development
Feeding the world
Paradoxes of plenty.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
394.1/209
Library of Congress
GT2850 .S73 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
269

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL23164901M
ISBN 13
9780802715883
LCCN
2009005610
OCLC/WorldCat
310224837
LibraryThing
7944903
Goodreads
6306969

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL1906738W

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Work Description

A book putting a complex history of the world into a simple book. It is easy to read and the analogies make history extremely easy to learn and follow for everyday people.

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