The Hungry Empire How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World

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Publisher's Synopsis

In 20 meals The Hungry Empire tells the story of how the British created a global network of trade in foodstuffs that moved people and plants from one continent to another, re-shaping landscapes and culinary tastes. To be British was to eat the world. The Empire allowed Britain to harness the globe's edible resources from salt beef to sugar. By the twentieth century the wheat to make the working man's loaf of bread was supplied by Canada and his Sunday leg of lamb had been fattened on New Zealand's grasslands. Lizzie Collingham takes us on a wide-ranging culinary journey, revealing how virtually every meal we eat still contains a taste of empire.

Book information

ISBN: 9781445070810
Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd
Imprint: ISIS Audio Books
Pub date:
Edition: Unabridged edition
DEWEY: 909.0971241
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Weight: -1g
Height: 190mm
Width: 185mm