How food made history (Record no. 130385)
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| fixed length control field | 02077nam a2200385 a 4500 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 394.1/209 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Higman, B. W., |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How food made history |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Chichester, West Sussex ; |
| -- | Malden, Mass. : |
| Name of publisher | Wiley-Blackwell, |
| Year of publication | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | x, 265 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill., maps. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Food habits |
| Topical Term | Food |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10494722 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| -- | Provided by publisher. |
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