How food made history / B.W. Higman.

"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 ha...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Higman, B. W., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, Mass. : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • The creation of food worlds
  • Genetics and geography
  • Forest, farm, factory
  • Hunting, herding, fishing
  • Preservation and processing
  • Trade
  • Cooking, class, and consumption
  • National, regional, and global cuisines
  • Eating well, eating badly
  • Starving.