Food and Society in Classical Antiquity

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Food and Society in Classical Antiquity is a scholarly work by historian Peter Garnsey that examines how food production, distribution, and consumption shaped social structures and daily life in the ancient Greco-Roman world.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
historical study
non-fiction book
academicDiscipline ancient history
classics
history
social history
author Peter Garnsey NERFINISHED
contributor Peter Garnsey NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
examines diet of different social classes
famine and food shortages
relationship between food and culture
relationship between food and economy
relationship between food and politics
relationship between food and social hierarchy
rural food production
state intervention in food supply
urban food supply
focusesOn daily life
food consumption
food distribution
food production
social structures
genre ancient history
food history
social history
hasPerspective social and economic history
historicalPeriod Hellenistic period NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Roman Republic NERFINISHED
intendedAudience readers of ancient history
scholars
students
language English
mainSubject Classical antiquity NERFINISHED
Greco-Roman world NERFINISHED
ancient Mediterranean
food
society
publicationType scholarly work
publisher Cambridge University Press
spatialCoverage Greco-Roman world NERFINISHED
ancient Greece
ancient Rome NERFINISHED
temporalCoverage Classical antiquity
usesMethod analysis of documentary evidence
analysis of literary sources
use of archaeological evidence

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