{"product_id":"9781852855383","title":"Food in Early Modern England Phases, Fads, Fashions, 1500-1760","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFood in Early Modern England\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003ePhases, Fads, Fashions, 1500-1760\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoan Thirsk\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat did ordinary people eat and drink five hundred years ago?  How much did they talk about food?  Did their eating habits change much?  Our knowledge is mostly superficial on such commonplace routines, but this book digs deep and finds surprising answers to these questions.  We learn that food fads and fashions resembled those of our own day.  Commercial, scientific and intellectual movements were closely entwined with changing attitudes and dealings about food.  In short, food holds a mirror to a lively world of cultural change stretching from the Renaissance to the industrial Revolution.  This book also strongly challenges the assumption that ordinary folk ate dull and monotonous meals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 February 2007\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eContinuum\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781852855383\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e424\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27.36\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51515199553676,"sku":"9781852855383","price":135.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781852855383","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}