Food and Society in Classical Antiquity

Name: Food and Society in Classical Antiquity
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ISBN: 9780521645881

ISBN-10: 0521645883

ISBN-13: 9780521645881

Edition: 1999

Authors: Peter Garnsey, P. A. Cartledge, P. D. A. Garnsey

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Based upon a wide range of source material and evidence, the author examines food, the taboos surrounding it, its allocation within the family and its social and cultural significance within Greek, Roman and Jewish societies.

Book details

List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/22/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Preface


Introduction: food, substance and symbol



Diet



Food and the economy



Food crisis



Malnutrition



Otherness



Forbidden foods



Food and the family



Haves and havenots



You are with whom you eat


Conclusion: choice and necessity


Bibliographical essay


Bibliography


Index