Food in Chinese Culture: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1978. Second Printing. Hardcover. Tan cloth over boards; red title block on spine with gold lettering. 429 pp., including 32 pp. bw illustrations With bw illustrations at start of each chapter. VG-/VG- ex-library with labels and stamps on spine, block, inside front and rear covers and title page verso. Binding tight. DJ flaps lightly unfolding from shelf wear, and some soiling to very top of dj. Overall light shelfwear. Pages are otherwise clean.). Item #144588
ISBN: 9780300019384
A unique analysis of a culture through its eating habits, covering all the major periods of Chinese history. Includes philosopy, religion and medicine as it pertains to food. (paraphrased from the dj). Included are charts and tables and a list of dynasties.
OCLC: 2387795
Price: $40.00