An edible history of humanity /
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 organizat...
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| Materyal Türü: | Kitap |
| Dil: | English |
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New York :
Walker & Co.,
2009.
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| Edisyon: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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İçindekiler:
- Introduction: Ingredients of the past
- Part 1: Edible Foundations Of Civilization
- 1: Invention of farming
- 2: Roots of modernity
- Part 2: Food And Social Structure
- 3: Food, wealth, and power
- 4: Follow the food
- Part 3: Global Highways Of Food
- 5: Splinters of paradise
- 6: Seeds of empire
- Part 4: Food, Energy, And Industrialization
- 7: New world, new foods
- 8: Steam engine and the potato
- Part 5: Food As A Weapon
- 9: Fuel of war
- 10: Food fight
- Part 6: Food, Population, And Development
- 11: Feeding the world
- 12: Paradoxes of plenty
- Epilogue: Ingredients of the future
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Sources
- Index.