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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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Main Author: Jones, Martin, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
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Centrum för Invandringsforskning > Stockholm > Forskningsgruppen för Studier av Etniska Relationer, Social Kognition och Tvärkulturell Psykologi
Geschichte.
Dinners and dining.
Food habits.
Habitudes alimentaires.
73.25 food and food preparation (ethnology)
15.99 history: other.
Hábitos alimentarios.
Ernährungsgewohnheit.
Ess- und Trinksitte
Mensch
Sozialverhalten
Speise
Fest
Eetcultuur.
Maaltijden.
Archeologische aspecten.
Matkultur.
Matvanor.
Essen
Internet resource.
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Summary: "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."--Jacket.
Physical Description: xiii, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-342) and index.
ISBN: 9780199209019
0199209014
9780199533527
0199533520

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