"Chili queens" selling street food in Alamo Plaza, San Antonio.
Water cart in Aden, Yemen.
A fisherman dries his nets in Jackfish, Ontario.
The Wiener Rathauskeller restaurant in Vienna, circa 1900.
Welcome
Welcome to the resource guide for HIST 4420: Global Food History. This guide contains information to help you find primary and secondary sources for your capstone project.
Locating Primary Sources
Locating Secondary Sources
Citing Primary Sources
General Suggestions - Keywords
Whether you are searching for primary or secondary sources, it is important to use search terms that will generate results. We use subject headings in the library catalog--a controlled list of terms used to collocate results. Some subject headings that you may find useful are:
Agriculture
Beverage industry
Beverages
Cookbooks
Cookery
Cooking
Diet
Food
Food consumption
Food habits
Gastronomy
Grocery trade
Hunting
Vegetarianism
Subject headings can also be further narrowed down by category or geography. For instance, different aspects of food studies may be found by searching:
Food - History
Food - Religious aspects
Food - Social aspects
Or to narrow down results to a specific geographic area:
Food - Mexico
Food - China
Cookery - Caribbean