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ISBN: | 0511066228 9780511066221 0511068352 9780511068355 0511059914 9780511059919 9780521641821 0521641829 9780511612534 0511612532 6610420424 9786610420421 0521645883 9780521645881 1280420421 9781280420429 1139145967 9781139145961 051117330X 9780511173301 0511324960 9780511324963 1107116260 9781107116269
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | This is a general study of food in antiquity. The book deals with food as food or nutrition. It also treats the non-food 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.
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Other form: | Print version: Garnsey, Peter. Food and society in classical antiquity. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521641829 0521645883
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