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Informationen zum Autor TOM STANDAGE is business editor at The Economist and author of The Turk , The Neptune File and The Victorian Internet . He has also written for publications including the Guardian , Daily Telegraph , New York Times and Wired . He holds a degree in engineering and computer science from Oxford University, and is the least musical member of a musical family. He is married and lives in London. A History of the World in Six Glasses was published by Atlantic Books in 2007. Klappentext [quote] 'A fascinating history of the role of food in causing, enabling and influencing successive transformations of human society... This is an extraordinary and well-told story, a much neglected dimension to history.' Financial Times [blurb] Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. In An Edible History of Humanity Tom Standage serves up a hugely satisfying account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world. It is a dazzling account of gastronomic revolutions from pre-history to the present. [quote] 'Not a history of any one food but a history through food... With Standage it is not what changes in food that matters, but rather what food changes. And it's not just one food lifting and guiding history, but what Adam Smith might have called the "invisible fork" of food economics.' New Scientist [quote] 'Erudite and thoughtful... An important contribution to the debate on food... A book of real significance.' Scotland on Sunday £8.99 History [insert barcode ISBN 9781843546351] www.atlantic-books.co.uk Vorwort 'A fascinating history of the role of food in causing, enabling and influencing successive transformations of human society... This is an extraordinary and well-told story, a much neglected dimension to history.' Financial Times The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses brilliantly shows how foods have transformed human culture through the ages. This book is a must-read for readers of books by Simon Winchester and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto. Zusammenfassung Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. This book gives an account of ways in which food has, indirectly, helped to shape and transform societies around the world....
