1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455682703321

Autore

Albala Ken

Titolo

Eating Right in the Renaissance [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2002

ISBN

1-59734-587-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

California Studies in Food and Culture ; ; v.2

Disciplina

641.01309409031

641/.01/3

Soggetti

Food habits

Food habits - Europe - History

Gastronomy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Spelling; Introduction; 1. Overview of the Genre; 2. The Human Body: Humors, Digestion, and the Physiology of Nutrition; 3. Food: Qualities, Substance, and Virtues; 4. External Factors; 5. Food and the Individual; 6. Food and Class; 7. Food and Nation; 8. Medicine and Cuisine; Postscript: The End of a Genre and Its Legacy; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Illustrations

Sommario/riassunto

Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of information on food and an intriguing account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this inviting book examines the wide-ranging dietary literature of the Renaissance. Ken Albala ultimately reveals the working of the Renaissance mind from a unique perspective: we come to understand a people through their



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA990008010220403321

Titolo

L'organizzazione aziendale : profilo critico e testi fondamentali / a cura di Gianni Billia e Aldo Fabris ; presentazione di Pasquale Saraceno

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : ETAS Kompass, 1967

Descrizione fisica

XVI, 376 p. : 1 tav. ripieg ; 21 cm

Collana

Management ; 1

Biblioteca di Economia, Sociologia, Organizzazione ; 39

Disciplina

336

658.4

Locazione

DDA

DECBC

ECA

BFS

Collocazione

VI I 98

VI I 65

BIL658A

1-7-324-TI

7-12-5

5-255-TB

VIT BIL 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910703171703321

Titolo

America the beautiful [[electronic resource] ] : promoting our national parks as travel destinations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, April 27, 2010

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iii, 45 pages) : illustrations

Collana

S. hrg. ; ; 111-924

Soggetti

Tourism - United States

National parks and reserves - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Apr. 21, 2011).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.