The never-ending feast : the anthropology and archaeology of feasting /: the anthropology and archaeology of feasting. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kaori O'Connor.
• Authors: O'Connor, Kaori
• Contents: Introduction : Invitation to the Feast -- Mesopotamia : The Pursuit of Abundance -- The Assyrians and Achaemenid Persians : Empires of Feasting -- The Greeks : Now Let Us Hasten to the Feast -- Eurasia : The Mongols, an Empire Built on Drinking -- China : the Hidden History of Chinese Feasting -- Japan : Banqueting Beyond a Bridge of Drams -- Epilogue : After the Feast.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 239 pages)
• Subjects: 394.1/209; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; Food habits -- History; Food -- Social aspects; Dinners and dining -- History; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; HISTORY -- Social History; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; ARCHITECTURE -- History -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE/Customs & Traditions; Dinners and dining; Food habits; Food -- Social aspects; Social & cultural history; European history; Archaeology; Social Science -- Agriculture & Food; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; History -- Social History; Social Science -- Sociology -- General; Architecture -- History -- General; Food & society; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847889270; 1847889271
• Related ISBNs: 9781847889263; 1847889263; 9781847889256; 1847889255; 9781472520937
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-233) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.