Feast : Why Humans Share Food
by
Martin Jones
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0199533520
ISBN-13
9780199533527
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 10th, 2008
Print length
380 Pages
Weight
580 grams
Dimensions
23.30 x 15.60 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
HistoryArchaeologySocial & cultural anthropology, ethnographyCookery / food & drink etc
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From the earliest evidence of human consumption around half a million years ago to the era of the drive-through diner, Martin Jones unfolds the history of the human meal and its huge impact both on human society and the ecology of the planet.
Is sharing food such an everyday, unremarkable occurrence? In fact, the human tendency to sit together peacefully over food is actually rather an extraordinary phenomenon, and one which many species find impossible. It is also a pheonomenon with far-reaching consequences for the global environment and human social evolution. So how did this strange and powerful behaviour come about? In Feast, Martin Jones uses the latest archaeological methods to illuminate how humans came to share food in the first place and how the human meal has developed since then. From the earliest evidence of human consumption around half a million years ago to the era of the TV dinner and the drive-through diner, this fascinating account unfolds the history of the human meal and its huge impact both on human society and the ecology of the planet.
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