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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.

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"With its wealth of insights into the history of the body as well as French culture, Eating the Enlightenment offers abundant food for thought for scholars and students in a wide range of fields." (Anne Vila, University of Wisconsin - Madison)"

Eating the Enlightenment

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/11/2012
      ISBN13: 9780226768861, 978-0226768861
      ISBN10: 0226768864
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      Cultural studies: food and society History of science

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      "With its wealth of insights into the history of the body as well as French culture, Eating the Enlightenment offers abundant food for thought for scholars and students in a wide range of fields." (Anne Vila, University of Wisconsin - Madison)"

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