Food In History, Reay Tannahill, 1973, 1st edition, Stein and Day, hardcover with dust jacket, 448pp.
Filled with photographs, this now classic book is a comprehensive, well documented, highly readable and often witty look at the food people ate. Tannahill demonstrates just how this most basic characteristic of individual life affected society as a whole, from pre-historic through modern times.
"...a pioneering work, drawing on the findings of archeology, anthropology, biology, economics, and many other disciplines to examine not only the influences that have shaped man's diet, but how the pursuit of more and better food directs, often decisively, the course of history."
This first edition is in excellent vintage condition, pages tightly sewn into spine, covers showing very minor edge wear, dust jacket repaired at top of spine but otherwise whole. Previous owner's name on inside front cover.
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