Cuisine and empire : cooking in world history / Rachel Laudan.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520954915 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0520954912 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource.
- Publisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2013.
Content descriptions
General Note: | AC-SUB CatMonthString:september.14 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Food habits > History. Cooking > History. Food > Social aspects. |
Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |