1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004244140403321

Autore

Lear, Edward <1812-1888>

Titolo

The Complete nonsense / of Edward Lear ; edited and introduced by Holbrook Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Faber and Faber, 1947

Descrizione fisica

XXIX, 288 p. ; 23 cm

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

P.3 BR.C.1450

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963328903321

Autore

Higman B. W. <1943->

Titolo

How food made history / / B.W. Higman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

9781444344653

144434465X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

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

Disciplina

394.1/209

Soggetti

Food habits - History

Food - Social aspects - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"--