03576cam a2200349 4500 545359912 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781400193080 1400193087 ad7dab3b-e629-4284-9a6c-2360c169dd04 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 245654 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Standage, Tom. An Edible History of Humanity [Libby]. Tantor Media, Inc., 2009. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 276MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 276MB. Cooking & Food. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>Throughout history, food has acted as a catalyst of social change, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict, and economic expansion. <i>An Edible History of Humanity</i> is a pithy, entertaining account of how a series of changes---caused, enabled, or influenced by food---has helped to shape and transform societies around the world.</p> <p>The first civilizations were built on barley and wheat in the Near East, millet and rice in Asia, corn and potatoes in the Americas. Why farming created a strictly ordered social hierarchy in contrast to the loose egalitarianism of hunter-gatherers is, as Tom Standage reveals, as interesting as the details of the complex cultures that emerged, eventually interconnected by commerce. Trade in exotic spices in particular spawned the age of exploration and the colonization of the New World.</p> <p>Food's influence over the course of history has been just as prevalent in modern times. In the late eighteenth century, Britain's solution to food shortages was to industrialize and import food rather than grow it. Food helped to determine the outcome of wars: Napoleon's rise and fall was intimately connected with his ability to feed his vast armies. In the twentieth century, Communist leaders employed food as an ideological weapon, resulting in the death by starvation of millions in the Soviet Union and China. And today the foods we choose in the supermarket connect us to global debates about trade, development, the environment, and the adoption of new technologies.</p> <p>Encompassing many fields, from genetics and archaeology to anthropology and economics---and invoking food as a special form of technology---<i>An Edible History of Humanity</i> is a fully satisfying discourse on the sweep of human history.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. Wilson, George K. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/245654-AnEdibleHistoryOfHumanity.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/245654-AnEdibleHistoryOfHumanity.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AD7DAB3B-E629-4284-9A6C-2360C169DD04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/1219-1/245654-AnEdibleHistoryOfHumanity.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1219-1/245654-AnEdibleHistoryOfHumanity.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=AD7DAB3B-E629-4284-9A6C-2360C169DD04&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)