Hunger and History - The Impact of Changing Food Production and Consumption Patterns on Society (Paperback)

The essays in this 1985 volume direct attention to important questions on the relationship between food and history. Throughout human history, man has had to adapt and sustain himself by varying or expanding the basic kinds or forms of his nutritional staples, by migration, or by employing remarkable ingenuities to alter his environment. But we have as yet only a rudimentary understanding of nutrition and malnutrition in the past. The authors of these essays show how much of the past can be better understood if the distinctions which are obvious to clinicians and nutritionists are assimilated by historians. Likewise, this volume challenges assumptions about the mechanisms of population growth and decline, as well as theories of how populations react or adapt to constraints on their resources.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 1985
First published:	1985
Editors:	Robert I Rotberg • Theodore K. Rabb
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	346
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-31505-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-31505-0
Barcode:	9780521315050

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!