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Empires of Food - Feast, Famine and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations

English · Paperback

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Informationen zum Autor Evan D. G. Fraser holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Human Security in the Department of Geography at the University of Guelph, Canada, and is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Development at the University of Leeds. He has first-hand experience with food production in a range of settings, including the UK, Thailand, Belize, British Columbia, and Ontario, and has published many scholarly research articles and book chapters, as well as policy briefs on environmental issues for senior politicians. He lives in Southern Ontario with his wife and three children. Andrew Rimas is a journalist based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the editor of The Improper Bostonian magazine and has worked as an associate editor and staff writer at Boston magazine. His work has also frequently appeared in The Boston Globe , as well as the Boston Globe magazine, the Mail on Sunday , the Ottawa Citizen and other publications. Along with Evan D. G. Fraser, he is the co-author of Beef: The Untold Story of How Milk, Meat, and Muscle Shaped the World . Klappentext For thousands of years we have grown! cooked and traded food! and over that time much has changed. Fraser and Andrew Rimas compellingly show! the abundance that we all enjoy comes at a price! and unless we think of a more sustainable way to grow! eat and enjoy food! we may find that our civilization reaches its best before date. Zusammenfassung For thousands of years we have grown, cooked and traded food, and over that time much has changed. Fraser and Andrew Rimas compellingly show, the abundance that we all enjoy comes at a price, and unless we think of a more sustainable way to grow, eat and enjoy food, we may find that our civilization reaches its best before date.

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Authors Evan D. G. Fraser, Evan D. G. Fraser, Evan D.G. Fraser, A. Rimas, Andrew Rimas, Rimas Andrew
Publisher Arrow
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 07.07.2011
 
EAN 9780099534723
ISBN 978-0-09-953472-3
No. of pages 320
Dimensions 129 mm x 198 mm x 20 mm
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history
Non-fiction book

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Cultural studies: food and society

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