9781405189484-1405189487-How Food Made History

How Food Made History

ISBN-13: 9781405189484
ISBN-10: 1405189487
Edition: 1
Author: B. W. Higman
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Hardcover 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781405189484
ISBN-10: 1405189487
Edition: 1
Author: B. W. Higman
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Format: Hardcover 288 pages

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How Food Made History (ISBN-13: 9781405189484 and ISBN-10: 1405189487), written by authors B. W. Higman, was published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2011. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Cooking Education & Reference, Historical Study & Educational Resources, Customs & Traditions, Social Sciences) books. You can easily purchase or rent How Food Made History (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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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
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