{"product_id":"history-of-food-1","title":"Food History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood History: Cultures of Food in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e analyzes the history of food as a dynamic, contextual process unfolding over time and space, diversified across the many food cultures and food systems of the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book examines cuisines and tastes as historical formations, products of exchange and trade, shaped by the mobility of people, plants, and animals, as well as by the agricultural and culinary agency of farmers and cooks—most of them women—whose memory has often been lost in the margins of history. With its focus on the modern age, \u003ci\u003eFood History\u003c\/i\u003e describes the major transformations in the production, processing, distribution, and consumption of food that have shaped contemporary food systems and cultures. It traces the progressive globalization of food and the making of cuisines: from the birth of subsistence farming in the Fertile Crescent and the great agricultural civilizations of the ancient world, to the industrialization of food and the emergence of the nation-state and science as forces shaping the diets of large populations; from the “fast food” cuisine of global food multinationals to the “slow food” gastronomy that responded to such standardization, as well as the rise of food activism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its rich array of illustrations, maps, tables, charts, and case study boxes, \u003ci\u003eFood History\u003c\/i\u003e helps students and general readers understand food as a source of nourishment, health, pleasure, identity, and politics, as well as the impact that its production, distribution, and consumption have had on society and the environment.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57296874701144,"sku":"9781032740379","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032740379.jpg?v=1781163957","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/history-of-food-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}