Format:
Online-Ressource (xlii, 1889 p)
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digital, PDF file
Edition:
Online-Ausg. c2008
Content:
An undertaking without parallel or precedent, this monumental volume encapsulates much of what is known of the history of food and nutrition. It constitutes a vast and essential chapter in the history of human health and culture. Ranging from the eating habits of our prehistoric ancestors to food-related policy issues we face today, this work covers the full spectrum of foods that have been hunted, gathered, cultivated, and domesticated; their nutritional make-up and uses; and their impact on cultures and demography. It offers a geographical perspective on the history and culture of food and drink and takes up subjects from food fads, prejudices, and taboos to questions of food toxins, additives, labelling, and entitlements. It culminates in a dictionary that identifies and sketches out brief histories of plant foods mentioned in the text - over 1,000 in all - and additionally supplies thousands of common names and synonyms for those foods
Content:
v. 2. Part V. Food and drink around the world. The beginnings of agriculture : the ancient Near East and North Africa ; The history and culture of food and drink in Asia (The Middle East and South Asia ; Southeast Asia ; China ; Japan ; Kores) ; The history and culture of food and drink in Europe (The Mediterranean [Diets and disease prevention] ; Southern Europe ; France ; The British Isles ; Northern Europe -- Germany and surrounding regions ; The Low Countries ; Russia) ; The history and culture of food and drink in the Americas (Mexico and highland Central America ; South America ; The Caribbean, including northern South America and lowland Central America : early history ; The Caribbean from 1492 to the present ; Temperate and Arctic North America to 1492 ; North America from 1492 to the present ; The Arctic and Subarctic regions) ; The history and culture of food and drink in Sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania (Africa south from the Sahara ; Australia and New Zealand ; The Pacific Islands) ; Culinary history -- Part VI. History, nutrition, and health. Nutrition and the decline of mortality ; Nutrition and mortality decline : another view ; Infection and nutrition : synergistic interactions ; Famine ; Height and nutrition ; The nutrition of women in the developing world ; Infant and child nutrition ; Adolescent nutrition and fertility ; Nutrition and mental development ; Human nutritional adaptation : biological and cultural aspects ; The psychology of food and food choice ; Food fads ; Food prejudices and taboos ; The social and cultural uses of food ; Food as aphrodisiacs and anaphrodisiacs? ; Food as medicine ; Vegetarianism ; Vegetarianism : another view -- Part VII. Contemporary food-related policy issues. The State, health, and nutrition ; Food entitlements ; Food subsidies and interventions for infant and child nutrition ; Recommended dietary allowances and dietary guidance ; Food labeling ; Food lobbies and U.S. dietary guidance policy ; Food biotechnology : politics and policy implications ; Food safety and biotechnology ; Food additives ; Substitute foods and ingredients ; Nonfoods as dietary supplements ; Food toxins and poisons from microorganisms ; The question of Paleolithic nutrition and modern health : from the end to the beginning -- Part VIII. A dictionary of the world's plant foods
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on 28 July, 2009)
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0511468687
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511468681
Additional Edition:
ISBN 052140214X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521402163
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CHOL9780521402156
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