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Tom Standage and
George K. Wilson (narrator)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Tantor Media Inc
Publication date
July 9, 2009
Binding
CD/Spoken Word
Edition
Mp3
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781400163083
ISBN-10
1400163080
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.22 lbs.
Original list price
$19.99
Other format details
audio
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is a pithy, entertaining account of how a series of changes—caused, enabled, or influenced by food—has helped to shape and transform societies around the world.
The first civilizations were built on barley and wheat in the Near East, millet and rice in Asia, and corn and potatoes in the Americas. Why farming created a strictly ordered social hierarchy in contrast to the loose egalitarianism of hunter-gatherers is, as Tom Standage reveals, as interesting as the details of the complex cultures that emerged, eventually interconnected by commerce. Trade in exotic spices in particular spawned the age of exploration and the colonization of the New World.
Food's influence over the course of history has been just as prevalent in modern times. In the late eighteenth century, Britain's solution to food shortages was to industrialize and import food rather than grow it. Food helped to determine the outcome of wars: Napoleon's rise and fall was intimately connected with his ability to feed his vast armies. In the twentieth century, Communist leaders employed food as an ideological weapon, resulting in the death by starvation of millions in the Soviet Union and China. And today the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, the environment, and the adoption of new technologies.
Encompassing many fields, from genetics and archaeology to anthropology and economics—and invoking food as a special form of technology—An Edible History of Humanity is a fully satisfying discourse on the sweep of human history.
The first civilizations were built on barley and wheat in the Near East, millet and rice in Asia, and corn and potatoes in the Americas. Why farming created a strictly ordered social hierarchy in contrast to the loose egalitarianism of hunter-gatherers is, as Tom Standage reveals, as interesting as the details of the complex cultures that emerged, eventually interconnected by commerce. Trade in exotic spices in particular spawned the age of exploration and the colonization of the New World.
Food's influence over the course of history has been just as prevalent in modern times. In the late eighteenth century, Britain's solution to food shortages was to industrialize and import food rather than grow it. Food helped to determine the outcome of wars: Napoleon's rise and fall was intimately connected with his ability to feed his vast armies. In the twentieth century, Communist leaders employed food as an ideological weapon, resulting in the death by starvation of millions in the Soviet Union and China. And today the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, the environment, and the adoption of new technologies.
Encompassing many fields, from genetics and archaeology to anthropology and economics—and invoking food as a special form of technology—An Edible History of Humanity is a fully satisfying discourse on the sweep of human history.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (August 19, 2009)
9781410418500 | details & prices | 416 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $31.95
About: Book by Standage, Tom
About: Book by Standage, Tom
from Walker & Co (May 19, 2009)
9780802715883 | details & prices | 269 pages | 6.25 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.12 lbs | List price $26.00
from Atlantic Books (May 1, 2009)
9781843546344 | details & prices | 368 pages | List price $33.85
Paperback
from Walker & Co (April 27, 2010)
9780802719911 | details & prices | 269 pages | 5.50 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $17.00
CD/Spoken Word
With George K. Wilson (other contributor) |
Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (July 9, 2009)
9781400113088 | details & prices | 5.50 × 6.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.56 lbs | List price $29.99
The price comparison is for this edition
With George K. Wilson (other contributor) |
Mp3 edition from Tantor Media Inc (July 9, 2009)
9781400163083 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.22 lbs | List price $19.99
About: Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion.
About: Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion.
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