Description |
1 online resource (ix, 315 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
California series in food and culture ; 2
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California series in food and culture ; 2.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-308) and index. |
Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Spelling -- Introduction -- 1. Overview of the Genre -- 2. The Human Body: Humors, Digestion, and the Physiology of Nutrition -- 3. Food: Qualities, Substance, and Virtues -- 4. External Factors -- 5. Food and the Individual -- 6. Food and Class -- 7. Food and Nation -- 8. Medicine and Cuisine -- Postscript: The End of a Genre and Its Legacy -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Illustrations. |
Summary |
Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of i. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Gastronomy.
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Gastronomy. |
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Food habits -- Europe -- History.
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Food habits. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Diet -- history. |
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Diet Therapy -- history. |
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Feeding Behavior. |
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Socioeconomic Factors. |
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Europe. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Albala, Ken, 1964- Eating right in the Renaissance. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520229479 (DLC) 00067229 (OCoLC)45532460 |
ISBN |
9780520927285 (electronic book) |
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0520927281 (electronic book) |
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1417523298 (electronic book) |
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9781417523290 (electronic book) |
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1597345873 (electronic book) |
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9781597345873 (electronic book) |
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9780520229471 |
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0520229479 |
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1282356321 |
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9781282356320 |
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