Uma história comestível da humanidade

by Standage, Tom

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Title Statements

Full title :Uma história comestível da humanidade / Tom Standage ; tradução : Maria Luiza X. de A. Borges.

Summary

From the Publisher of the English edition: From the bestselling author of A History of the World in Six Glasses, this is a riveting history of humanity told through the foods we eat. 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. And today, in the culmination of a process that has been going on for thousands of years, the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, and the adoption of new technologies. An Edible History of Humanity is a journey through the uses of food that have helped to shape and transform societies around the world, from prehistory to the present. Drawing on genetics, archaeology, anthropology, ethno-botany and economics, the story of these gastronomic revolutions is a deeply satisfying account of the whole of human history.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Jorge Zahar
Place of Publication:Rio de Janeiro
Language:por
Publication Date:©2010.

Notes

Translation of: An edible history of humanity.

The Physical Object

Description:276 pages : : illustrations ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9788537802106, 8537802107
oclc:ocn697506510
Dewey Decimal:394.1/209

Subjects

Agriculture Agriculture -- Histoire Agriculture -- History Aliments -- Aspect économique Aliments -- Aspect symbolique Food -- Economic aspects Food -- Symbolic aspects Food habits Food habits -- History Food Preferences Food preferences -- History Habitudes alimentaires -- Histoire History Préférences alimentaires -- Histoire