The hungry empire : how Britain's quest for food shaped the modern world /
by Collingham, E. M. (Elizabeth M.).
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BookPublisher: London : The Bodley Head, 2017Description: xvii, 367 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781847922700 (hbk.) :; 1847922708 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 909.0971 COLSubject(s): Food industry and trade -- Great Britain -- History | Trade routes -- History | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History | Great Britain -- Foreign economic relations | History | HistorySummary: The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader. Surveyors in British Columbia eat tinned Australian rabbit. Diamond prospectors in Guyana prepare an iguana curry. In 20 meals 'The Hungry Empire' tells the story of how the British created a global network of commerce and trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, re-shaping landscapes and culinary tastes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The glamorous daughter of an African chief shares a pineapple with a slave trader. Surveyors in British Columbia eat tinned Australian rabbit. Diamond prospectors in Guyana prepare an iguana curry. In 20 meals 'The Hungry Empire' tells the story of how the British created a global network of commerce and trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, re-shaping landscapes and culinary tastes.
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