Food and Society in Classical Antiquity (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521641821)

This is a broad-based, comprehensive general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition, the discussion revolving around the concrete issues of food availability and the nutritional status of the population. It also treats the nonfood uses of food, focusing on the role of food in forming and marking the social hierarchy. Food defines the group, whether social, religious, philosophical or political.

Author: Peter Garnsey
ISBN-10: 0521641829
ISBN-13: 9780521641821
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/22/1999
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d