Radical Food: Health and dietThis set reprints a fascinating variety of texts originally published between 1790 and 1820. Offering a unique look at the cultural and literary history of food in the eighteenth century, some highlights include: treatises on food and drink adulteration; vegetarian tracts; the period's most influential pamphlet about boycotting sugar as part of the anti-slavery debate; works on alcohol consumption, Shelley's translation of Euripedes' satyr play about cannibalism; and much more. |
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Radical Food: Health and diet Volume 3 van Radical Food: The Culture and Politics of Eating and Drinking, 1790-1820, Timothy Morton, ISBN 0415148707, 9780415148702 Subcultures and subversions, 1750-1850 |
| Redacteur | Timothy Morton |
| Bijdrager | Timothy Morton |
| Editie | geïllustreerd |
| Uitgever | Taylor & Francis US, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0415204011, 9780415204019 |
| Lengte | 695 pagina's |
| Citatie exporteren | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |