Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Key themes in ancient history
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Key themes in ancient history.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Preface; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 Diet; CHAPTER 2 Food and the economy; CHAPTER 3 Food crisis; CHAPTER 4 Malnutrition; CHAPTER 5 Otherness; CHAPTER 6 Forbidden foods; CHAPTER 7 Food and the family; CHAPTER 8 Haves and havenots; CHAPTER 9 You are with whom you eat; Conclusion: choice and necessity; Bibliographical essay; Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
This is a general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition. It also treats the non-food uses of food, focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group, whether social, religious, philosophical or political. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Food habits -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Food habits. |
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Greece. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 1500 |
Subject |
Food habits -- Rome.
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Food supply -- Greece -- History -- To 1500.
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Food supply. |
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Food supply -- Rome.
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Civilization, Classical.
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Civilization, Classical. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Garnsey, Peter. Food and society in classical antiquity. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521641829 0521645883 (DLC) 98038424 (OCoLC)39654799 |
ISBN |
0511066228 (electronic book) |
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9780511066221 (electronic book) |
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0511068352 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511068355 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511059914 |
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9780511059919 |
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9780521641821 (hardback) |
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0521641829 (hardback) |
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9780511612534 (electronic book) |
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0511612532 (electronic book) |
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0521645883 (paperback) |
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9780521645881 |
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