An edible history of humanity [1st U.S. ed] 9780802719829, 0802719821

Table of contents :
Introduction: Ingredients of the past --
Part 1: Edible Foundations Of Civilization --
1: Invention of farming --
2: Roots of modernity --
Part 2: Food And Social Structure --
3: Food, wealth, and power --
4: Follow the food --
Part 3: Global Highways Of Food --
5: Splinters of paradise --
6: Seeds of empire --
Part 4: Food, Energy, And Industrialization --
7: New world, new foods --
8: Steam engine and the potato --
Part 5: Food As A Weapon --
9: Fuel of war --
10: Food fight --
Part 6: Food, Population, And Development --
11: Feeding the world --
12: Paradoxes of plenty --
Epilogue: Ingredients of the future.