FOOD, ECOLOGY AND CULTURE
Subtitle: Readings in the Anthropology of Dietary Practices (Food, Ecology & Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: January 1, 1980
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780677160900
Subjects: Applied ecology; Cultural studies; Dietetics & nutrition; Food & beverage technology; Social & cultural anthropology; Sociology; Food Science; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Nutrition And Public Health; Social Science; Consumer Health; Primitive societies; Food habits; Agriculture - General; Diets - General; Technology / Agriculture & Animal Husbandry; Anthropology - Cultural; Ecology; Food
First sentence: Studies of primitive populations are of considerable importance in the search for an understanding of man's nutrient requirements, the significance of changes in his food habits, and as a possible means of identifying long forgotten food resources.