{"product_id":"the-food-history-reader-primary-sources-paperback","title":"The Food History Reader: Primary Sources - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKen Albala\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the proliferation of food history courses and avid interest among scholars and the general public, the need for a solid comprehensive collection of key primary texts about food of the past is urgent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection spans the globe from classical antiquity to the present, offering substantive selections from cookbooks, fiction, gastronomic and dietary treatises and a wide range of food writing. Offering a solid introduction to each period with extensive commentary and suggestions for interpretive strategies, this reader provides extracts undigested, for the student who needs immediate and direct contact with the ideas of the past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReadings illustrate the various ways religion, politics, social structure, health and agricultural policy shaped what people ate in the past and offer instructive ways to think about our own food systems and how they have been shaped by historical forces.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKen Albala \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, USA. He is the author or editor of 17 books including \u003ci\u003eEating Right in the Renaissance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Banquet \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeans: A History\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also coauthored two cookbooks, \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Art of Real Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Arts of Hearth and Home\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 536\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.6 x 7.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47518312595677,"sku":"9780857854131","price":56.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/2IDiwsk479780857854131.webp?v=1772210319","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/the-food-history-reader-primary-sources-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}