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The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society by Janet A. Flammang

The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society runs 13 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pam Ward (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society is an audiobook by Janet A. Flammang: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Pam Ward, released October 15, 2010, on the Social Science shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Pam Ward
Released
October 15, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science
ISBN
9781509494996

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society as an audiobook?

The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society?

The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society is narrated by Pam Ward.

Is The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.