Covering 5,000 years of global history,
How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic and social life and contributed fundamentally to the development of government and complex societies. 
  - Charts the changing technologies that have increased crop yields, enabled the industrial processing and preservation of food, and made transportation possible over great distances
- Considers social attitudes towards food, religious prohibitions, health and nutrition, and the politics of distribution
- Offers a fresh understanding of world history through the discussion of food
Illustrations viii
Preface ix
Prologue: Questions of choice? 1
References 5
1 The Creation of Food Worlds 7
Making the ancient world food map 8
The origins of domestication, agriculture, and urbanization 11
Food worlds at 5000 BP 15
Seven claims 29
References 31
2 Genetics and Geography 35
Genetic modification, ancient and modern 36
Prohibitions and taboos 43
Geographical redistribution 47
Three claims 53
References 53
3 Forest, Farm, Factory 57
Forest gardens 58
Crop farming landscapes 62
Industrialized agriculture 70
Five claims 77
References 78
4 Hunting, Herding, Fishing 81
Hunting 83
Herding 91
Fishing 94
Two claims 100
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