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010    2011047819 
020    9781603584111 (hardback) 
020    1603584110 (hardback) 
035    (OCoLC)759171782 
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100 1  Kindstedt, Paul. 
245 10 Cheese and culture :|ba history of cheese and its place in
       western civilization /|cPaul S. Kindstedt. 
264  1 White River Junction, Vt. :|bChelsea Green Pub.,|c[2012] 
264  4 |c©2012 
300    x, 253 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  Introduction -- Southwest Asia and the ancient origins of 
       cheese -- Cheese, religion, and the cradle of civilization
       -- Bronze, rennet, and the ascendancy of trade -- Greece, 
       cheese, and the Mediterranean miracle -- Caesar, Christ, 
       and systematic cheese making -- The manor, the monastery, 
       and the age of cheese diversification -- England, Holland,
       and the rise of market-driven cheese making -- The 
       puritans, the factory, and the demise of traditional 
       cheese making -- The cultural legacy of cheese making in 
       the Old and New Worlds. 
520    "Behind every traditional type of cheese there is a 
       fascinating story. By examining the role of the 
       cheesemaker throughout world history and by understanding 
       a few basic principles of cheese science and technology, 
       we can see how different cheeses have been shaped by and 
       tailored to their surrounding environment, as well as 
       defined by their social and cultural context. Cheese and 
       Culture endeavors to advance our appreciation of cheese 
       origins by viewing human history through the eyes of a 
       cheese scientist. There is also a larger story to be told,
       a grand narrative that binds all cheeses together into a 
       single history that started with the discovery of cheese 
       making and that is still unfolding to this day. This book 
       reconstructs that 9000-year story based on the often 
       fragmentary information that we have available. Cheese and
       Culture embarks on a journey that begins in the Neolithic 
       Age and winds its way through the ensuing centuries to the
       present. This tour through cheese history intersects with 
       some of the pivotal periods in human prehistory and 
       ancient, classical, medieval, renaissance, and modern 
       history that have shaped western civilization, for these 
       periods also shaped the lives of cheesemakers and the 
       diverse cheeses that they developed. The book offers a 
       useful lens through which to view our twenty-first century
       attitudes toward cheese that we have inherited from our 
       past, and our attitudes about the food system more 
       broadly. This refreshingly original book will appeal to 
       anyone who loves history, food, and especially good 
       cheese"--Provided by publisher. 
650  0 Cheese|xHistory. 
650  0 Cheesemaking|xHistory. 
650  0 Cooking (Cheese)|xHistory. 
650  0 Cheese industry|xHistory. 
650  0 Civilization, Western|xHistory.