{"product_id":"how-food-made-history-9781405189477","title":"How Food Made History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCovering 5,000 years of global history, \u003ci\u003eHow Food Made History\u003c\/i\u003e traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic and social life and contributed fundamentally to the development of government and complex societies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharts the changing technologies that have increased crop yields, enabled the industrial processing and preservation of food, and made transportation possible over great distances\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distribution\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a fresh understanding of world history through the discussion of food\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. W. Higman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.03w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405189477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eB. W. Higman\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of the Australian National University and Emeritus Professor of the University of the West Indies. He has published several books on the history of slavery and the social and economic history of the Caribbean. He has taught courses on world food history, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eJamaican Food: History, Biology, Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2008).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44915004473459,"sku":"9781405189477","price":60.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_012d3f18-a12e-4b00-8455-007dc9e697a6.jpg?v=1777665651","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/how-food-made-history-9781405189477","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}