How Food Made History
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 i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Wiley
2011.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009665115906719 |
| Sumario: | 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 distancesConsiders social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distributionOf |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781283240536 9786613240538 9781444344677 9781444344646 |
