Eating the Enlightenment: Food and the Sciences in Paris, 1670-1760 - E. C. Spary - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226768861 - November 1, 2012
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Eating the Enlightenment: Food and the Sciences in Paris, 1670-1760

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Offers a perspective on the history of food, looking at writings about cuisine, diet, and food chemistry as a key to larger debates over the state of the nation in Old Regime France. This title demonstrates how public discussions of eating and drinking were used to articulate concerns about the state of civilization versus that of nature and more.

368 pages, 20 halftones

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released November 1, 2012
ISBN13 9780226768861
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 368
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   652 g
Language English  

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