With the proliferation of food history courses and avid interest amongst scholars and the public, the need for a comprehensive collection of primary texts is urgent. This is the definitive reader, spanning the globe from classical antiquity to the present.
With the proliferation of food history courses and avid interest amongst scholars and the public, the need for a comprehensive collection of primary texts is urgent. This is the definitive reader, spanning the globe from classical antiquity to the present.
Ken Albala is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, USA. He is the author or editor of 17 books including Eating Right in the Renaissance, The Banquet and Beans: A History. He has also coauthored two cookbooks, The Lost Art of Real Cooking and The Lost Arts of Hearth and Home.
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Editor's Note General Introduction
Part One: Sumer and Egypt Part Two: Ancient Greece Part Three: Ancient Rome Part Four: Imperial China Part Five: Ancient India Part Six: Ancient Hebrews Part Seven: Early Middle Ages Part Eight: Medieval Islam Part Nine: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe Part Ten: The Americas Part Eleven: Era of Nation-States 1500-1650 Part Twelve: The Mercantile Era 1650-1800 Part Thirteen: Nineteenth-Century Industrial Era 1800-1900 Part Fourteen: The Twentieth Century 1900-2000
Glossary Web Resources Bibliography Surveys of Food History Appendix of Sources Index
Part One: Sumer and Egypt Part Two: Ancient Greece Part Three: Ancient Rome Part Four: Imperial China Part Five: Ancient India Part Six: Ancient Hebrews Part Seven: Early Middle Ages Part Eight: Medieval Islam Part Nine: Late Medieval and Renaissance Europe Part Ten: The Americas Part Eleven: Era of Nation-States 1500-1650 Part Twelve: The Mercantile Era 1650-1800 Part Thirteen: Nineteenth-Century Industrial Era 1800-1900 Part Fourteen: The Twentieth Century 1900-2000
Glossary Web Resources Bibliography Surveys of Food History Appendix of Sources Index
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A wonderfully rich celebration of our love of food through the ages. PD Smith The Guardian 20140829
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