Bibliograph

An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage

Type

Label

An edible history of humanity, Tom Standage

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

An edible history of humanity

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

310224837

Responsibility statement

Tom Standage

Table Of Contents

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 industrialisation -- 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

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