Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and CultureThe anthropologist/author takes on some of the major food riddles, including cannibalism, to reveal why a culture accepts or spurns specific foods |
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voted to raising beef; and small farmers would find it increasingly difficult to raise,
rent, or buy animals for plowing. A few traders and wealthy farmers would reap
the benefits while the rest of the farming population would sink to a lower level of
...
voted to raising beef; and small farmers would find it increasingly difficult to raise,
rent, or buy animals for plowing. A few traders and wealthy farmers would reap
the benefits while the rest of the farming population would sink to a lower level of
...
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All across northern Europe, wealthy farmers were learning how to exploit the
heavier, more powerful breeds which had been developed to carry armor-plated
knights into battle. Hitched to new, heavy, iron-wheeled plows by means of
another ...
All across northern Europe, wealthy farmers were learning how to exploit the
heavier, more powerful breeds which had been developed to carry armor-plated
knights into battle. Hitched to new, heavy, iron-wheeled plows by means of
another ...
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As the farming frontier moved across the Alleghenies into the Midwest, the center
of pig, cattle, and corn production moved with it. Soils and climate were ideal for
corn. Farmers in the Ohio Valley could easily harvest more than they could sell, ...
As the farming frontier moved across the Alleghenies into the Midwest, the center
of pig, cattle, and corn production moved with it. Soils and climate were ideal for
corn. Farmers in the Ohio Valley could easily harvest more than they could sell, ...
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Good to eat: riddles of food and culture
Crítica de los usuarios - Not Available - Book VerdictWhy are the world's food habits or "foodways,'' as Harris refers to them, so diverse? In this scholarly yet fast-paced and very readable work, anthropologist Harris argues that "major differences in ... Leer comentario completo
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ONE Good to Think or Good to Eat? | 13 |
TWO Meat Hunger | 19 |
THREE The Riddle of the Sacred Cow | 47 |
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture |
| Autor | Marvin Harris |
| Editor | Simon and Schuster, 1985 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Indiana |
| Digitalizado | 12 Ago. 2009 |
| ISBN | 0671503669, 9780671503666 |
| Largo | 289 páginas |
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