MOMENTAN AUSVERKAUFT
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Product Identifiers
PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-100631202838
ISBN-139780631202837
eBay Product ID (ePID)658538
Product Key Features
Number of Pages232 Pages
Publication NameCulture of Food
LanguageEnglish
SubjectSocial History, Agriculture & Food (See Also Political Science / Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy), Customs & Traditions
Publication Year1996
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaSocial Science, History
AuthorMassimo Montanari
SeriesMaking of Europe Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight12 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"Massimo Montanari has sliced through the evidence of anecdotes, novellas, dietary tracts and demographic surveys to show the close and often surprising connections between food as precarious necessity and food as symbol of power, culture and social ambition." Times Literary Supplement
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal394.1/094
Table Of Content1. The Basis for a Common Language. 2. The Turning Point. 3. To Each His Own. 4. Europe and the World. 5. The Century of Hunger. 6. The Revolution.
SynopsisThis book is about the history of food in Europe and the part it has played in the evolution of European cultures over two millennia. Food is the prerequisite both of survival and of culture. It has been a driving force in national and imperial ambition, the manner of its production and consumption a means by which the identity and status of regions, classes and individuals have been and still are expressed. The European relationship to food has rarely been straightforward. In this wide-ranging exploration of its history the author weaves deftly between the social groups, geographical areas and nations of Europe, between the habits of late antiquity and the problems of modernity. He examines the interlinked evolutions of consumption, production and taste, to show both what these reveal of the varied cultures and peoples of Europe in the past and what they suggest about the present., This book is about the history of food in Europe and the part it has played in the evolution of the European cultures over two millennia. It has been a driving force in national and imperial ambition, the manner of its production and consumption a means by which the identity and status of regions, classes and individuals have been and still are expressed. In this wide-ranging exploration of its history the author weaves deftly between the classes, regions and nations of Europe, between the habits of late antiquity and the problems of modernity. He examines the interlinked evolutions of consumption, production and taste, to show both what these reveal of the varied cultures and peoples of Europe in the past and what they suggest about the present., ∗ A 2000 year history of the linked histories of food, culture and regional identity - from Roman antiquity to the present. ∗ The first book of its kind. ∗ Scholarly in its range of reference, witty and accessible in style. ∗ Covers all the regions of Europe.
