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Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India

Title
Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India / Colleen Taylor Sen.
Author
Sen, Colleen Taylor
Publication
London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2015.

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Description
349 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm.
Series Statement
Foods and nations
Uniform Title
Foods and nations.
Alternative Title
History of food in India
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Climate, crops and prehistory -- The age of ritual, 1700-1100 BCE -- The renunciant tradition and vegetarianism, 1000-300 BCE -- Global India and the new orthodoxy, 300 BCE-500 CE -- New religious trends and movements : feasting and fasting, 500-1000 CE -- Food and Indian doctors, 600 BCE-600 CE -- The middle ages : the Manasolassa, Lokopakara and regional cuisines, 600-1300 CE -- The Delhi sultanate : Ni'matnama, Supa shastra and Ksemakutuhalam, 1300-1550 -- The Mughal dynasty and its successors, 1526-1857 -- The Europeans, the princes and their legacy, 1500-1947 -- An overview of Indian cuisine : the meal, cooking techniques and regional variations -- New trends in Indian food, 1947-present -- The food of the Indian diaspora.
Call Number
JFE 15-654
ISBN
  • 9781780233529
  • 1780233523
OCLC
900010840
Author
Sen, Colleen Taylor, author.
Title
Feasts and fasts : a history of food in India / Colleen Taylor Sen.
Publisher
London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2015.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Foods and nations
Foods and nations.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 15-654
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