How urbanism changes foodways / Monica L. Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Monica L., 1954- author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in the archaeology of food

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Social aspects.

Food.

Sociology, Urban.

Sustainable urban development.

Urban agriculture.

urban sociology.

Physical Description:

70 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The advent of urbanism had profound impacts on landscape management, agricultural production, food preservation, and cuisine. This Element examines the 6,000-year history of urbanism through the archaeological perspective of food, using the analysis of cooking and eating vessels, botanical remains, and animal bones along with texts and iconographic evidence to understand the foodways that spurred and accompanied the growth of cities. Human-environmental changes took place as farmers became fewer in number but increasingly essential as providers of food for city-based consumers. The Element also examines the ways in which cities today share patterns of food production and consumption with the first urban settlements, and that we can address questions of sustainability, nutritional improvement, and other desired outcomes by recognizing how the growth of cities has resulted in distinct constraints and opportunities related to food.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781009564922

9781009564885

1009564889

1009564927

OCLC:

1536333295

Publisher Number:

90104456737