COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION From Foraging to Farming; CHAPTER 1 LAST HUNTERS, FIRST FARMERS; CHAPTER 2 BUILDING THE BARNYARD; CHAPTER 3 PROMISCUOUS PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT; CHAPTER 4 PERIPATETIC PLANTS OF EASTERN ASIA; CHAPTER 5 FECUND FRINGES OF THE NORTHERN FERTILE CRESCENT; CHAPTER 6 CONSEQUENCES OF THE NEOLITHIC; CHAPTER 7 ENTERPRISE AND EMPIRES; CHAPTER 8 FAITH AND FOODSTUFFS; CHAPTER 9 EMPIRES IN THE RUBBLE OF ROME; CHAPTER 10 MEDIEVAL PROGRESS AND POVERTY
Summary
This book provides a look at the globalization of food from the days of the hunter-gatherers to present-day genetically modified plants and animals
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-352) and index
