Leftovers

A History of Food Waste and Preservation

von Eleanor Barnett

352 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

'Bingeable' - The Telegraph'A book for our time' - The Spectator'[Barnett's] an indefatigable researcher' - The Mail on SundayA richly entertaining and topical history of food preservation and waste in Britain from the Elizabethan kitchen to the present day.At a time when a third of the food we produce globally is wasted, Eleanor Barnett opens a window on the everyday experiences of ordinary people in the past to reveal how factors such as religion, class and gender have historically shaped attitudes towards food waste.Leftovers deploys a wide historical lens to link the many ingenious ways in which our ancestors sought to extend the life of food - encompassing Tudor household management, Victorian public health initiatives and two World Wars - to such contemporary anxieties as climate change, globalisation, scientific advancement, poverty and inequality.

• Themen: Geowissenschaften, Geographie, Umwelt, Planung Umwelt Abfallwirtschaft
• ISBN: 9781803281582
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.03.2025
• Größe: 195 x 126 mm
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC