Food and society in classical antiquity /

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Author / Creator:Garnsey, Peter.
Imprint:Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 175 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Key themes in ancient history
Key themes in ancient history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132513
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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.
Other form:Print version: Garnsey, Peter. Food and society in classical antiquity. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 0521641829 0521645883