Overview: Provides an accessible introduction to the study of food, social change and identity.Offers a vast historical extent of food change ranging from the 5th mill BCE to the present day.Presents case studiUnlike food publications that have been more organized along regional or disciplinary lines, this edited volume is distinctive in that it brings together anthropologists, archaeologists, area study specialists, linguists and food policy administrators to explore the following questions: What kinds of changes in food and foodways are happening? What triggers change and how are the changes
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