Food In Global History by Raymond Grew

Food In Global History by Raymond Grew

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Summary

This book analyzes processes of change in food ways, moving from a global conception of change through human history, to a comparative study of Chinese and Indian responses over several centuries to new foods from the Americas, and to an assessment of restaurants and travel as agents of change.

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Food In Global History by Raymond Grew

Social scientists have studied foods in many different ways. Historians have most often studied the history of specific foods, and anthropologists have emphasized the role of food in religious rituals and group identities. Sociologists have looked primarily at food as an indicator of social class and a factor in social ties, and nutritionists have
Raymond Grew is professor of history at the University of Michigan. For more than twenty years he was editor of the international quarterly Comparative Studies in Society and History.
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ISBN 13 9780367315788
ISBN 10 0367315785
Title Food In Global History
Author Raymond Grew
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2019-08-28
Number of pages 308
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