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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Fraser, Evan D. G.     Subjects     Food -- History.     Food supply -- History.     Agriculture -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fraser, Evan D. G.       by title:      Empires of food : fe...         MARC Display

Empires of food : feast, famine, and the rise and fall of civilizations / Evan D.G. Fraser and Andrew Rimas. by Fraser, Evan D. G. New York : Free Press, 2010. Subjects Food -- History.   Food supply -- History.   Agriculture -- History. ISBN:  9781439101896 (alk. paper) : 1439101892 (alk. paper) Description:  xiii, 302 p. : map ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st Free Press hardcover ed. Contents:  Pt. 1. The price of food. The three gorges dam -- chapter 1. Fairs: the food trade -- chapter 2. Larders: what do you do with ten thousand tons of grain? -- chapter 3. Farms: growing food for profit and environmental rapine -- Pt. 2. The price rises. An experiment in survival -- chapter 4. Water: irrigation's questionable cure -- chapter 5. Dirt: the chemistry of life -- chapter 6. Ice: preserve us -- Pt. 3. Empty pockets. Storm clouds -- chapter 7. Blood: the conquest of food -- chapter 8. Money: tea and famine -- chapter 9. Time: fair, organic, and slow -- Conclusion: the new gluttony and tomorrow's menu. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 641.309 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 641.309 Fr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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