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Dining on Turtles : Food Feasts and Drinking in History /

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As gentlemen of the Royal Society in London sat down to their turtle dinner in 1793 they were participating in an historical event: an act simultaneously of fine dining and colonialism. Feasting and drinking, the communities in which they occurred, and larger themes of historical significance are ex...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Kirkby, Diane (Editor), Luckins, Tanja (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Subjects:
History.
Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Cultural History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Social History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Civilization > History.
Ethnology.
Imperialism.
Social history.
World history.
Electronic books.
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Summary:As gentlemen of the Royal Society in London sat down to their turtle dinner in 1793 they were participating in an historical event: an act simultaneously of fine dining and colonialism. Feasting and drinking, the communities in which they occurred, and larger themes of historical significance are explored here offering new insights into the past.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 208 pages)
ISBN:9780230597303
DOI:10.1057/9780230597303