An Edible History of Humanity

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Call Number: BOCD 394.12 St
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	BOCD 394.12 St	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Compact discs.
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 industrialization -- 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.
Read by George K. Wilson.
The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses brilliantly charts how foods have transformed human culture through the ages--from ancient times when the first civilizations were built on barley and wheat in the Near East, millet and rice in Asia, and corn and potatoes in the Americas, to modern times when the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, the environment, and the adoption of new technologies.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Fantastic Information! submitted by echternk on June 28, 2012, 8:29am Those ignorant of history are bound to repeat it. This history of food provides a perspective on the world we live in in a manner that never crossed my mind. Food shapes the course of human history, and has been used to regulate society, grow empires, and as a weapon in both regular and ideological warfare. This material is highly recommended to all who wish to gain perspective on life.