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K'Oben traces the Maya kitchen and its associated hardware,
ingredients, and cooking styles from the earliest times for which
we have archaeological evidence through today's culinary tourism in
the area. It focuses not only on what was eaten and how it was
cooked, but the people involved: who grew or sourced the foods, who
cooked them, who ate them. Additionally, the authors examine how
Maya foodways and the people involved fit into the social system,
particularly in how food is incorporated into culture, economy, and
society. The authors provide a detailed literature review of
hard-to-find sources including: out of print centuries old
cookbooks, archaeological field notes, ethnographies and
ethnohistories out of circulation and not available in English,
thesis documents only available in Spanish and in university
archives as well as current field research on the Maya. The more
recent Maya foodways can be studied from cookbooks, ethnographies
and ethnohistorical documentation. Between the two of us, we have
assembled a small but representative collection of cookbooks, some
self-published and rare, that were available in Merida and
elsewhere in Mexico during the late 20th century. Some are quite
old, and all reflect local traditional foodways. Geographically,
the book concentrates on Yucatan, Tabasco and Chiapas in Mexico,
but will include Pre-Classic and Classic evidence from Guatemala
and El Salvador, whose foodways are influenced by Maya traditions.
This book studies the East Asian world-system and its dynastic
cycles as they were influenced by climate and demographic change,
diseases, the expansion of trade, and the rise of science and
technology. By studying the history of East Asia until the
beginning of the 20th century and offering a comparative
perspective on East Asian countries, including China, Japan and
Korea, it describes the historical evolution of the East Asian
world-system as being the result of good or poor management of the
respective populations and environments. Lastly, the book discusses
how the East Asian regions have become integrated into a single
world-system by a combination of trade, commerce, and military
action. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of
history, sociology, political science and environmental studies,
and to anyone interested in learning about the effects of climate
change on the dynamic development of societies.
This book studies the East Asian world-system and its dynastic
cycles as they were influenced by climate and demographic change,
diseases, the expansion of trade, and the rise of science and
technology. By studying the history of East Asia until the
beginning of the 20th century and offering a comparative
perspective on East Asian countries, including China, Japan and
Korea, it describes the historical evolution of the East Asian
world-system as being the result of good or poor management of the
respective populations and environments. Lastly, the book discusses
how the East Asian regions have become integrated into a single
world-system by a combination of trade, commerce, and military
action. Given its scope, the book will appeal to scholars of
history, sociology, political science and environmental studies,
and to anyone interested in learning about the effects of climate
change on the dynamic development of societies.
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