Fraser, Evan D. G.
Summary: Empires of Food brilliantly recounts the history of cyclic consumption, but it is also the story of the future; of, for example, how a shrimp boat hauling up an empty net in the Mekong Delta could spark a riot in the Caribbean. It tells what happens when a culture or nation runs out of food -- and shows us the face of the world turned hungry. A fascinating, fresh history told through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 2010