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Author Laudan, Rachel, 1944-

Title Cuisine and empire : cooking in world history / Rachel Laudan.

Publication Info. Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2013]
2013

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Description 1 online resource (483 pages) : illustrations.
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Series California studies in food and culture ; 43
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Mastering grain cookery, 2,000-300 B.C.E -- The barley-wheat cuisines of the ancient empires, 500 B.C.E.-400 C.E -- Buddhism transforms the cuisines of eastern Asia, 200 B.C.E.-800 C.E -- Islam transforms the cuisines of central and west Asia, 800-1650 C.E -- Christianity transforms the cuisines of Europe and the Americas, 100-1650 C.E -- Prelude to modern cuisines: Europe, 1650-1840 -- Modern cuisines in the industrializing regions, 1810-1920 -- The globalization of modern cuisines, 1920-2000.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Cooking -- History.
Food habits -- History.
Food -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Laudan, Rachel. Cuisine and empire : cooking in world history. Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [2013] xiv, 464 pages California studies in food and culture ; 43 9780520266452 (DNAL)1103760 (DLC)10759226
ISBN 9780520266452
9780520954915 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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