Probably too broad for such a short book. Something with a narrower focus would have been more successful. Something like [b:Hamburger: A Global History|3326232|Hamburger A Global History|Andrew F. Smith|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1328701148s/3326232.jpg|3364192], about one specific food item, ma...
Rounded up from 2.5. Reads like a dissertation that was rather hastily published: flat, too many copyediting errors, offers a broad survey of books read and decent readings, but not an engaging argument. Secondary sources are dropped in at odd angles to the texts they are meant to commment upon. ...