CONSUMING PASSIONS

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Hardcover. Blue cloth covered boards, title in gilt. Near fine, in very good dust wrapper. 279 pages. 23.5 x 16 cm. How people eat reveals to an astonishing degree all of the other qualities of their society. Farb constructs a fascinating demonstration of the connections between eating habits and human behavior. From the most primitive to the most sophisticated societies, food has always been a way of celebrating and mourning. Interior and boards crisp and clean. Dust wrapper rubbed at the edges. Covered in protective mylar.