Explores the history of food from antiquity to the twenty-first century, and describes how food allowed for the formation of civilizations and societies, and discusses innovations in agriculture, egalitarianism, trade, and other topics.
year: 2009, 2010
call number/section: 394.1
subjects: food habits, history, food preferences, agriculture, food, symbolic aspects, economic aspects, eating customs
Editions
Standage, Tom
Walker (2009)
Explores the history of food from antiquity to the twenty-first century, and describes how food allowed for the formation of civilizations and societies, and discusses innovations in agriculture, egalitarianism, trade, and other topics.
Schools: 1
Standage, Tom
Walker & Co. (2010)
A lighthearted chronicle of how foods have transformed human culture throughout the ages traces the barley- and wheat-driven early civilizations of the near East through the corn and potato industries in America.
Schools: 1