Food and society in classical antiquity / Peter Garnsey.
Food and society in classical antiquity / Peter Garnsey.
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Date
1999.
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N394.120937/2
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English
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xiv, 175 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Food, substance and symbol -- 1. Diet -- 2. Food and the economy -- 3. Food crisis -- 4. Malnutrition -- 5. Otherness -- 6. Forbidden foods -- 7. Food and the family -- 8. Haves and havenots -- 9. You are with whom you eat -- Conclusion: Choice and necessity.
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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England
Date Published
1999.
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This is the first study of food in classical antiquity that treats food as both a biological and a cultural phenomenon. The variables of food quantity, quality and availability, and the impact of disease, are evaluated and a judgement reached on the health of the population which inclines to pessimism. Food is also a symbol, evoking other basic hum...
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Food and society in classical antiquity / Peter Garnsey.
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Key themes in ancient history.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) and index.
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N394.120937/2
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74VvWkoxAj4Z
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0521645883(pbk.) :
9780521641821 (hardback)
0521641829 (hardback)
9780521645881 (paperback)
0521645883 (paperback)
9780521641821(cased) :
0521641829(cased) :
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394.120937
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991012051019702626