1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459226103321

Autore

Klein Herbert S.

Titolo

A concise history of Bolivia / / Herbert S. Klein [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-38673-X

1-107-22136-6

1-283-01735-0

9786613017352

1-139-00973-7

1-139-01025-5

1-139-00810-2

0-511-97696-8

1-139-00699-1

1-139-00920-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge concise histories

Disciplina

984

Soggetti

Bolivia History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Geography and pre-Columbian civilization -- The creation of a colonial society -- Late colonial society : crisis and growth -- Revolution and the creation of a nation-state, 1809-1841 -- The crisis of the state, 1841-1880 -- The ages of silver and tin, 1880-1932 -- Disintegration of the established order, 1932-1952 -- From the national revolution to the cold war, 1952-1982 -- Creating a multiethnic democracy, 1982-2002 -- The emergence of a mestizo and indigenous elite, 2002-2010 -- Bibliographical essay -- Political chronology.

Sommario/riassunto

In its first Spanish edition, Herbert Klein's A Concise History of Bolivia won immediate acceptance within Bolivia as the new standard history of this important nation. Surveying Bolivia's economic, social, cultural and political evolution from the arrival of early man in the Andes to the present, this current version brings the history of this society up to the present day, covering the fundamental changes that have occurred



since the National Revolution of 1952 and the return of democracy in 1982. These changes have included the introduction of universal education and the rise of the mestizos and Indian populations to political power for the first time in national history. This second edition brings this story through the first administration of the first self-proclaimed Indian president in national history and the major changes that the government of Evo Morales has introduced in Bolivian society, politics and economics.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460632103321

Autore

Higman B. W. <1943->

Titolo

How food made history / / B.W. Higman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Somerset : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2012

ISBN

1-4443-4465-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 265 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

394.1209

Soggetti

Food habits - History

Food - Social aspects - History

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

Prologue: Questions of choice? -- Making the ancient world food map -- The origins of domestication, agriculture, and urbanization -- Food worlds at 5000 BP -- Seven claims -- Genetic modification, ancient and modern -- Prohibitions and taboos -- Geographical redistribution -- Three claims -- Forest gardens -- Crop farming landscapes -- Industrialized agriculture --

Five claims -- Hunting --  Herding -- -Fishing -- Two claims -- Ancient preservation -- Ancient processing -- Modern milling -- Packaging -- Freezing and chilling -- Milk, butter, yoghurt, and cheese -- Three claims -- Ancient trades -- Modern trades -- The global supermarket -- Two claims -- Cooks -- Cooking -- Eating places -- Meals and mealtimes --

Cuisine, high and low -- The origins of cuisines -- Megaregions and



pan-ethnicity -- Global foods -- Three claims and counterclaims -- Nutrition and diet -- Stature -- Obesity -- Dieting -- Denial -- Vegetarianism -- Famine -- Famine foods -- Survival strategies -- Food aid -- Impact -- Two claims -- Conclusion: Cornucopia or Pandora's Box?

Sommario/riassunto

"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"--