Food In History

Food In History by Reay Tannahill. Published by Stein & Day, NY, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardbound, No DJ. Size 8vo. Condition: Nr Fine. Sm black mark on front cover, slight edge & corner wear, content excellent. ISBN 0812814371. LCCN 75-160342. A pioneer work on a deceptively simple theme. The book's purpose is to examine the forces which have shaped the nature of man's diet throughout the course of thirty thousand years, and to show, without special pleading, something of the way in which the pursuit of more and better food has helped to direct - sometimes decisively, more often subtly - the movement of history itself. To demonstrate, in effect, that in some senses at least food is history. Illustrated with maps and black and white photographs. 448 Pgs. Description text copyright 2005 www.BooksForComfort.com. Item ID 8338.