How Food Made History
Copyright © 2012 B. W. Higman
Author(s): B. W. Higman
Published Online: 5 OCT 2011 04:56AM EST
Print ISBN: 9781405189484
Online ISBN: 9781444344677
DOI: 10.1002/9781444344677
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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