The power of feasts : from prehistory to the present /

Main Author: Hayden, Brian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2014
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245 1 4 |a The power of feasts :   |b from prehistory to the present /   |c Brian Hayden 
260 |a New York, NY :   |b Cambridge University Press,   |c 2014 
300 |a ix, 426 p. :   |b ill. ;   |c 26 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-422) and index 
505 0 |a Before the feast : overview of the importance of feasting -- Food sharing and the primate foundations of feasting behavior by Suzanne Villeneuve -- Simple hunter/gatherers -- Transegalitarian hunter/gatherers -- Domesticating plants and animals for feasts -- The horticultural explosion -- Chiefs up the ante -- The first states -- Feasting in industrial societies 
650 0 |a Festivals 
650 0 |a Fasts and feasts 
650 0 |a Food supply   |x Social aspects 
650 0 |a Food supply   |x Political aspects 
650 0 |a Agriculture and politics 
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