Title To feed a nation : a history of Australian food science and technology / Keith Farrer

Published Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, [2005] ©2005

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Description xiii, 230 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm Contents Ch.1. Before the first fleet came -- Ch.2. What the first fleet brought -- Ch.3. The village technologies -- Ch.4. Meat Processing -- Ch.5. Refrigeration -- Ch.6. Sugar: a major ingredient -- Ch.7. Fruit and vegetable products -- Ch.8. Milling and flour based products -- Ch.9. Fermentation: brewing and winemaking -- Ch.10. Dairy Products -- Ch.11. The emergence of food science -- Ch.12. Into the 20th century -- Ch.13. the 1940-60 watershed -- Ch.14 Consolidating the science base -- Ch.15. Challenge and change -- Ch.16. Nutrition: a branch of food science -- Ch.17. Response to anxiety -- Ch.18 Epilogue Summary Takes the reader on a journey over the centuries, describing the slow and arduous development of Australian food technology and science from before European settlement to the latter half of the twentieth century Analysis Food preservation Food processing industry Technological change Aborigines History Interstate Comparisons Statistics Interstate comparisons Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ( pages [215]-220) and index Notes Also available via the World Wide Web Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser. Downloading of an entire book requires Adobe Digital Editions. Use of bookmarks requires individual registration with Amigo Reader 2005 Keith Thomas Henry Farrer Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Food. Food supply -- Australia -- History. Food habits -- Australia -- History. Food industry and trade -- Australia -- History. Nutrition -- Australia. Food industry and trade -- Australia. Meat industry and trade -- Australia. Food -- History. Food -- Preservation -- History. Food -- Research -- Australia. Genre/Form History. Author Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (Australia) LC no. 2005440645 ISBN 0643091548 paperback 9780643091542 paperback

Other Titles History of Australian food science and technology

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