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A history of the British Empire told through twenty meals eaten around the world
In The Taste of Empire, acclaimed historian Lizzie Collingham tells the story of how the British Empire’s quest for food shaped the modern world. Told through twenty meals over the course of 450 years, from the Far East to the New World, Collingham explains how Africans taught Americans how to grow rice, how the East India Company turned opium into tea, and how Americans became the best-fed people in the world. In The Taste of Empire, Collingham masterfully shows that only by examining the history of Great Britain’s global food system, from sixteenth-century Newfoundland fisheries to our present-day eating habits, can we fully understand our capitalist economy and its role in making our modern diets.
Publisher : Basic Books; Illustrated edition (October 3, 2017)
Language : English
Hardcover : 408 pages
ISBN-10 : 0465056660
ISBN-13 : 978-0465056668
Item Weight : 1.4 pounds
Dimensions : 6.5 x 1.38 x 9.63 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book readable, with one mentioning it’s a collection of chapter-length case studies. They appreciate the food history content, with one review highlighting how the author selects historically documented meals.
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