Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780415930765 (0415930766)
Publish date: October 12th 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
A collection of essays spanning the nineteenth century into the modern era, each attempting to trace the origins of some food or food-related cultural practice. Most are unsuccessful. There are two problems with this book. One, it's poorly edited. Aside from "food" and "culture," the essays chos...