The foods eaten by a nation's population play a key role in shaping the health of that society. This book presents country-specific information on how diet, foo

This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia examines specific famines throughout history and contains entries on key topics related to food production, security

In recent decades there has been an increasing interest in the study of food and drink in the ancient, Mediaeval and Byzantine worlds and of their supply and co

This is the first book to analyse the food industry from a Marxist perspective.Respected economist Robert Albritton argues that the capitalist system, far from

Lays out a picture of impending planetary crisis - a global food shortage that threatens to hit by mid-century - that would dwarf any in our previous experience