Food in Early Modern England - Phases, Fads, Fashions, 1500-1760

Zusatztext "Joan Thirsk, known as one of Britain's finest agricultural historians, has here focused on Food in Early Modern England. Sit back, dip in and enjoy these feasts of evidence and story-telling." Informationen zum Autor Joan Thirsk is the UK's leading historian of agriculture. She is the author of Alternative Agriculture: A History. Vorwort This book explores changes in the English diet and the specific differences between each generation. Zusammenfassung What did ordinary people eat and drink about five hundred years ago? How much did they talk about food? Did their eating habits change much? This book looks for and finds surprising answers to these questions. It shows how commercial, scientific and intellectual movements were closely entwined with changing attitudes and dealings about food. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1. Setting the Scene Before 1500 2. The Food Scene Surveyed, 1500-1550 3. The Widening World of Food, 1550-1600 4. Science and the Search for Food, 1600-1640 5. War and the Search for Food, 1640-1660 6. Food in the Commercial Age, 1660-1700 7. Food in an Industrialising Age, 1700-1760 8. Regional and Social Patterns of Diet, 1500-1760 9. A Closer Look at Some Foods:     Bread; Meat of  Farmyard Animals and Rabbits; Eggs and Bird Meat, Farm-Fed and Wild     Fish; Vegetables and Herbs; Fruit and Nuts; Drinks; Condiments and Spices. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Joan Thirsk, Thirsk Joan
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2006
• EAN: 9781852855383
• ISBN: 978-1-85285-538-3
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; England, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, COOKING / General, European History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Cookery / food & drink etc, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800, Cookery / food and drink / food writing