Standage, Tom.
An edible history of humanity / Tom Standage. - Pbk. ed. - New York : Walker & Co., 2010, c2009. - xiii, 269 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
The edible foundations of civilization -- The invention of farming -- The roots of modernity -- Food and social structure -- Food, wealth and power -- Follow the food -- Global highways of food -- Splinters of paradise -- Seeds of empire -- Food, energy and industrialisation -- New world, new foods -- The steam engine and the potato -- Food as a weapon -- The fuel of war -- Food fight -- Food, population, and development -- Feeding the world -- Paradoxes of plenty.
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Food habits--History.
Food preferences--History.
Agriculture--History.
Food--Symbolic aspects.
Food--Economic aspects.
An edible history of humanity / Tom Standage. - Pbk. ed. - New York : Walker & Co., 2010, c2009. - xiii, 269 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
The edible foundations of civilization -- The invention of farming -- The roots of modernity -- Food and social structure -- Food, wealth and power -- Follow the food -- Global highways of food -- Splinters of paradise -- Seeds of empire -- Food, energy and industrialisation -- New world, new foods -- The steam engine and the potato -- Food as a weapon -- The fuel of war -- Food fight -- Food, population, and development -- Feeding the world -- Paradoxes of plenty.
9780802719911 (pbk.) 0802719910 (pbk.)
9780802719911
Food habits--History.
Food preferences--History.
Agriculture--History.
Food--Symbolic aspects.
Food--Economic aspects.