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Edible History of Humanity

Standage, Tom
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781843546351
Publisert
2010-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Atlantic Books
Vekt
268 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Standage, Tom

Biographical note

Tom Standage is business editor at The Economist and the author of The Turk, The Neptune File, The Victorian Internet, and A History of the World in Six Glasses (Atlantic, 2006). He lives in Greenwich, London.

Edible History of Humanity

Standage, Tom
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk
Standage, Tom
Heftet / 2010 / Engelsk
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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. In An Edible History of Humanity Tom Standage serves up a hugely satisfying account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world. It is a dazzling account of gastronomic revolutions from pre-history to the present.
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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, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. This book gives an account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world.
Les mer
'This is a clever book. It shows how many hidden forces are at work - political, social, economic - when you sit down for dinner.' The Times 'Not a history of any one food but a history through food... With Standage it is not what changes in food that matters, but rather what food changes. And it's not just one food lifting and guiding history, but what Adam Smith might have called the invisible forkA" of food economics.' New Scientist 'Highly readable, thought-provoking' Scotsman 'Erudite and thoughtful - An important contribution to the debate on food - A book of real significance.' Scotland on Sunday
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'A fascinating history of the role of food in causing, enabling and influencing successive transformations of human society... This is an extraordinary and well-told story, a much neglected dimension to history.' Financial Times The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses brilliantly shows how foods have transformed human culture through the ages. This book is a must-read for readers of books by Simon Winchester and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
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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. In An Edible History of Humanity Tom Standage serves up a hugely satisfying account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world. It is a dazzling account of gastronomic revolutions from pre-history to the present.
Les mer
Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. This book gives an account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world.
Les mer
'This is a clever book. It shows how many hidden forces are at work - political, social, economic - when you sit down for dinner.' The Times 'Not a history of any one food but a history through food... With Standage it is not what changes in food that matters, but rather what food changes. And it's not just one food lifting and guiding history, but what Adam Smith might have called the invisible forkA" of food economics.' New Scientist 'Highly readable, thought-provoking' Scotsman 'Erudite and thoughtful - An important contribution to the debate on food - A book of real significance.' Scotland on Sunday
Les mer
'A fascinating history of the role of food in causing, enabling and influencing successive transformations of human society... This is an extraordinary and well-told story, a much neglected dimension to history.' Financial Times The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses brilliantly shows how foods have transformed human culture through the ages. This book is a must-read for readers of books by Simon Winchester and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto.
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781843546351
Publisert
2010-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Atlantic Books
Vekt
268 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Forfatter
Standage, Tom

Biographical note

Tom Standage is business editor at The Economist and the author of The Turk, The Neptune File, The Victorian Internet, and A History of the World in Six Glasses (Atlantic, 2006). He lives in Greenwich, London.

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