Feast : why humans share food / Martin Jones.
"In Feast, Martin Jones reconstructs the development of the meal, with the help of the latest archaeological techniques: from chimpanzees at a kill to university professors at a formal feast, from a Roman banquet to the TV dinner and the drive-through diner. Spanning half a million years, this...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Summary: | "In Feast, Martin Jones reconstructs the development of the meal, with the help of the latest archaeological techniques: from chimpanzees at a kill to university professors at a formal feast, from a Roman banquet to the TV dinner and the drive-through diner. Spanning half a million years, this account reveals the history of the meal and its huge impact both on the society and the ecology of the planet."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 364 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780199209019 (hbk.) : 0199209014 (hbk.) : |