num_pages: 144
description: Providing a comparative and comprehensive study of culinary cultures and consumption throughout the world from ancient times to present day, this book examines the globalization of food and explores the political, social and environmental implications of our changing relationship with food. Including numerous case studies from diverse societies and periods, Food in World History examines and focuses This concise and readable survey not only presents a simple history of food and its consumption, but also provides a unique examination of world history itself.
language: English
title: Food in World History
titlecomplete: Food in World History (Themes in World History)
genres: History, Food, Food History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 46
publisher: Routledge