Why Food Matters

In this short, passionate book, Paul Freedman makes the case for food's vital importance, stressing its crucial role in the evolution of human identity and human civilizations.

About the author

Paul Freedman is Chester D. Tripp Professor of History at Yale University. He specializes in medieval social history, the history of Spain, comparative studies of the peasantry, trade in luxury products, and the history of cuisine.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Freedman, Paul (Yale University) Freedman, Freedman Paul
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2022
• EAN: 9780300268089
• ISBN: 978-0-300-26808-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Why X Matters; Why X Matters S.
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; COOKING / General, HISTORY / World, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Cookery / food & drink etc, General & world history, Food & society, General and world history, Cultural studies: food and society, Cookery / food and drink / food writing