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Moveable feasts : from ancient Rome to the 21st century, the incredible journeys of the food we eat / Sarah Murray.
Lippincott Library HE595.F6 M87 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Sarah (Sarah Elizabeth)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food--Transportation--History.
- Food.
- Food industry and trade--History.
- Food industry and trade.
- Produce trade--History.
- Produce trade.
- Food supply--History.
- Food supply.
- History.
- Food--Transportation.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 256 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
- Contents:
- Liquid gold: the ancient amphora delivers Roman riches
- The business of bones: the Norwegian salmon pays a visit to China
- Cannon fodder: battlefield food fuels packaging technology
- Plane fare: the Berlin airlift secures a Cold War victory
- Tiffin travels: curry catches the corporate imagination
- Yes, we can do bananas: refrigerated ships shape Central American regimes
- Whey to go: Mongolian nomads practice mobile biochemistry
- Barrels and bouquets: the oak tree leaves its mark
- A quick cuppa: commercial competition speeds the racing tea clippers
- Food with altitude: jet planes dispatch a strawberry for all seasons
- Elevated design: buffalo grain feeds Bauhaus inspiration
- Going with gravity: Cold War weaponry finds a new purpose
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-241) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780312355357
- 0312355351
- OCLC:
- 141386333
- Online:
- Publisher description
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