Description
Title: Edible History of Humanity
Author: Tom Standage
ISBN: 9780802719911
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: F Second Printing Used
Number of Pages: 288
Condition: Used Copy
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The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts the enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat.
More than simply sustenance, food historically has been a kind of technology, changing the course of human progress by helping to build empires, promote industrialization, and decide the outcomes of wars. Tom Standage draws on archaeology, anthropology, and economics to reveal how food has helped shape and transform societies around the world, from the emergence of farming in China by 7500 b.c. to the use of sugar cane and corn to make ethanol today. An Edible History of Humanity is a fully satisfying account of human history.
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