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The Resource An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage
An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage
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The item An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
- 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 organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. And today, in the culmination of a process that has been going on for thousands of years, the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, and the adoption of new technologies. An Edible History of Humanity is a journey through the uses of food that have helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from prehistory to the present. Drawing on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, ethno-botany and economics, the story of these gastronomic revolutions is a deeply satisfying account of the whole of human history
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780802715883
- Label
- An edible history of humanity
- Title
- An edible history of humanity
- Statement of responsibility
- Tom Standage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. And today, in the culmination of a process that has been going on for thousands of years, the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, and the adoption of new technologies. An Edible History of Humanity is a journey through the uses of food that have helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from prehistory to the present. Drawing on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, ethno-botany and economics, the story of these gastronomic revolutions is a deeply satisfying account of the whole of human history
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Standage, Tom
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT2850
- LC item number
- .S73 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Food habits
- Food preferences
- Agriculture
- Food
- Food
- Agriculture
- Food
- Food habits
- Food preferences
- Food
- Label
- An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802715883
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009005610
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)310224837
- (OCoLC)ocn310224837
- Label
- An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xiii, 269 pages
- Isbn
- 9780802715883
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2009005610
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)310224837
- (OCoLC)ocn310224837
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