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A Cultural History of Food in the Age of Empire (Paperback): Martin Bruegel

A Cultural History of Food in the Age of Empire (Paperback)

Martin Bruegel

Series: The Cultural Histories Series

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The nineteenth-century West saw extraordinary economic growth and cultural change. This volume explores and explains the birth of the modern world through the food it produced and consumed. Food security vastly improved though malnutrition and famines persisted. Scientific research radically altered the ways in which food and its relation to the body were conceived: efficiency became the watchword, norms the measure, and standardized goods the rule. At the same time, the art of food became a luxury pursuit as interest in gastronomy soared. A Cultural History of Food in the Age of Empire presents an overview of the period with essays on food production, food systems, food security, safety and crises, food and politics, eating out, professional cooking, kitchens and service work, family and domesticity, body and soul, representations of food, and developments in food production and consumption globally.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: The Cultural Histories Series
Release date: November 2015
Editors: Martin Bruegel
Dimensions: 244 x 169 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 978-1-4742-7003-8
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 1-4742-7003-4
Barcode: 9781474270038

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