Ethics and politics

Author(s)

• Morton, Timothy

Bibliographic Information

Ethics and politics

edited and with a new introduction by Timothy Morton

（Subcultures and subversions 1750-1850, . Radical food : the culture and politics of eating and drinking, 1790-1820 ; v. 1）

Routledge, 2000

• : set

Note

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: set ISBN 9780415148702

Description

This three-volume set examines the cultural and literary history of food in the eighteenth century. It reprints exemplary texts from this fascinating and diverse subculture, which was gaining strength in a period of rapid urbanization, industrialization and revolutionary politics. Highlights include: influential writing concerning the anti-slavery debate, works on alcohol consumption, and Shelley's translation of Euripedes' satyr play about cannibalism.

Table of Contents

Volume I. Ethics and Politics Volume II. Culture and Society Volume III. Health and Diet

Volume

ISBN 9780415203999

Description

This set reprints a fascinating variety of texts originally published between 1790 and 1820. Offering a unique look at the cultural and literary history of food in the eighteenth century, some highlights include: treatises on food and drink adulteration; vegetarian tracts; the period's most influential pamphlet about boycotting sugar as part of the anti-slavery debate; works on alcohol consumption, Shelley's translation of Euripedes' satyr play about cannibalism; and much more.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA4893986X
• ISBN:
  • 0415148707
  • 0415203996
• LCCN: 99086630
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 285 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GT2850
  • DC21 : 394.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Food habits -- History
  • LCSH : Drinking customs -- History
  • LCSH : Food -- Political aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA42868033