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" An edible history of humanity / "
Tom Standage.
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BL
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845283
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Standage, Tom.
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| Title & Author
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An edible history of humanity /\ Tom Standage.
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| Edition Statement
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Large print ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Waterville, Me. :: Thorndike Press,, 2009.
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459 pages ;; 23 cm
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1410418502
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: 9781410418500
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-455).
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| Contents
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The edible foundations of civilization -- The invention of farming -- The roots of modernity -- Food and social structure -- Food, wealth and power -- Follow the food -- Global highways of food -- Splinters of paradise -- Seeds of empire -- Food, energy and industrialisation -- New world, new foods -- The steam engine and the potato -- Food as a weapon -- The fuel of war -- Food fight -- Food, population and development -- Feeding the world -- Paradoxes of plenty.
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Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is an account of how food has helped to shape societies around the world, from the emergence of farming in China by 7,500 BCE to today's use of sugar cane and corn to make ethanol.
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Agriculture-- History.
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Food habits-- History.
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Food preferences-- History.
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Food-- Economic aspects.
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Food-- Symbolic aspects.
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Agriculture.
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Food habits.
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Food preferences.
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Food-- Economic aspects.
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Food-- Symbolic aspects.
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394.1/2
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GT2850.S73 2009
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