How food made history / [electronic resource] B. W. Higman

By:

Higman, B. W [author]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: İngilizce Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley, 2011Edition: 1Description: 1 online resource (x, 265 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781444344677

Subject(s):

Social & Cultural History

Genre/Form:

Electronic books

Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleLOC classification:

GT2850 .H46 2012

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Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
E-Book	Merkez Kütüphane	Merkez Kütüphane	E-Kitap Koleksiyonu	GT2850 .H46 2012EBK (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Geçerli değil-e-Kitap / Not applicable-e-Book		EBK03921

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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