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Key Themes in Ancient History: Food and Society in Classical Antiquity

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  • 192 páginas
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This is a broad-based, comprehensive general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition, the discussion revolving around the concrete issues of food availability and the nutritional status of the population. It also treats the nonfood 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.

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Key Themes in Ancient History: Food and Society in Classical Antiquity, Peter Garnsey

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1999
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Título
Key Themes in Ancient History: Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
Idioma
Inglés
Publicado en
1999
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
192
ISBN10
0521645883
ISBN13
9780521645881
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Descripción
This is a broad-based, comprehensive general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition, the discussion revolving around the concrete issues of food availability and the nutritional status of the population. It also treats the nonfood 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.