The (Not So) Secret Lives of Food Packaging

by Anne Murcott

Tracing developments from the classical period to the early industrial revolution and beyond, Anne Murcott provides us with an accessible and entertaining social history of food packaging.

From tin cans, glass jars and bottles, plastic trays and stretch-wrap, Murcott shows the importance of food packaging for global food systems. As a pioneering excursion into the many aspects of the history of food packaging, the book examines shifts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 135002211X
• ISBN13: 9781350022119
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"