Feast: why humans share food

"In Feast, Martin Jones reconstructs the development of the meal, with the help of the latest archaeological techniques: from chimpanzees at a kill to university professors at a formal feast, from a Roman banquet to the TV dinner and the drive-through diner. Spanning half a million years, this...

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1. Verfasser: Jones, Martin 1951- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford Univ. Press 2007
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:"In Feast, Martin Jones reconstructs the development of the meal, with the help of the latest archaeological techniques: from chimpanzees at a kill to university professors at a formal feast, from a Roman banquet to the TV dinner and the drive-through diner. Spanning half a million years, this account reveals the history of the meal and its huge impact both on the society and the ecology of the planet."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-342) and index
Beschreibung:XIII, 364 S. Ill., Kt. 24 cm
ISBN:0199209014
9780199209019