John Keay

John Keay es un periodista y autor inglés reconocido por sus historias populares meticulosamente investigadas y escritas de manera cautivadora, centrándose especialmente en India, el Lejano Oriente y Escocia. Con aproximadamente 20 obras publicadas, sus libros han recibido elogios por su combinación de rigor académico, talento narrativo y humor irreverente. Muchos de sus títulos, incluida su obra debut, han permanecido en impresión durante décadas, y varios son considerados clásicos en su campo.

Especializado en temas de colonización, exploración y narrativas históricas, la carrera literaria de Keay abarca más de cinco décadas, comenzando en 1973. Más allá de su trabajo escrito, colaboró con BBC Radio como guionista y presentador de documentales, produciendo más de 100 programas entre 1975 y 1995. Su experiencia también lo ha llevado a dar conferencias para grupos de turistas y participar en charlas públicas relacionadas. Con residencia en el Reino Unido, Keay sigue viajando extensamente, enriqueciendo aún más sus perspectivas históricas.
The Mammoth Book of Travel in Dangerous Places Books
# Título Año
1 North America 2012
2 Central and South Asia 2012
3 Arabia 2012
4 Australia 2012
5 Arctic 2012
6 Antarctic 2012
7 West Africa 2012
8 Siberia and Alaska 2012
9 East and Central Africa 2012
10 South America 2012
Libros de no ficción
# Título Año
1 Into India 1975
2 When Men and Mountains Meet 1977
3 The Gilgit Game 1979
4 Sowing the Wind 1980
5 India Discovered 1981
6 The Honourable Company 1991
7 Ladakh: Land of the Passes 1993
8 Empire's End 1997
9 The Great Arc 2000
10 Mad About The Mekong 2005
11 China: A History 2008
12 India: A History 2011
13 Midnight's Descendants 2012
14 The Tartan Turban 2017
15 Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World 2022
California Studies in Food and Culture Books
# Título Año
1 Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat (By: Janet Poppendieck) 1986
2 Cuisine and Empire (By: Rachel Laudan) 1996
3 Eating Right in the Renaissance (By: Ken Albala) 2002
4 Food Politics (By: Marion Nestle) 2002
5 Zinfandel (By: Charles L. Sullivan) 2003
6 Safe Food (By: Marion Nestle) 2003
7 Born Again Bodies (By: R. Marie Griffith) 2004
8 Our Overweight Children (By: Sharron Dalton) 2004
9 Tsukiji (By: Theodore C. Bestor) 2004
10 The Spice Route: A History 2005
11 The Queen of Fats (By: Susan Allport) 2006
12 Meals to Come (By: Warren Belasco) 2006
13 The Taste of Place (By: Amy Trubek) 2008
14 Encyclopedia of Pasta (By: Oretta Zanini De Vita) 2009
15 Free for All (By: Janet Poppendieck) 2009
16 The Philosophy of Food (By: David M. Kaplan) 2010
17 Eating Mud Crabs in Kandahar (By: Matt Mcallester) 2011
18 Weighing In (By: Julie Guthman) 2011
19 Curried Cultures (By: Krishnendu Ray) 2012
20 American Tuna (By: Andrew F. Smith) 2012
21 The Life of Cheese (By: Heather Paxson) 2012
22 Why Calories Count (By: Marion Nestle, Malden Nesheim) 2012
23 Coffee Life in Japan (By: Merry White) 2012
24 Beyond Hummus and Falafel (By: Liora Gvion) 2012
25 Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds (By: Oretta Zanini De Vita) 2013
26 Inside the California Food Revolution (By: Joyce Goldstein, Dore Brown) 2013
27 The Darjeeling Distinction (By: Sarah Besky) 2013
28 Balancing on a Planet (By: David A. Cleveland) 2013
29 The Untold History of Ramen (By: George Solt) 2014
30 Word of Mouth (By: Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson) 2014
31 Secrets from the Greek Kitchen (By: David E. Sutton) 2014
32 Inventing Baby Food (By: Amy Bentley) 2014
33 Tasting French Terroir (By: Thomas Parker) 2015
34 Becoming Salmon (By: Marianne Elisabeth Lien) 2015
35 Divided Spirits (By: Sarah Bowen) 2015
36 The Weight of Obesity (By: Emily Yates-Doerr) 2015
37 Dangerous Digestion (By: E. Melanie DuPuis) 2015
38 A Taste of Power (By: Katharina Vester) 2015
39 More Than Just Food (By: Garrett M. Broad) 2016
40 Hoptopia (By: Peter Adam Kopp) 2016
41 A Geography of Digestion (By: Nicholas Bauch) 2016
42 Bitter and Sweet (By: Ellen Oxfeld) 2017
43 Reinventing the Wheel (By: Bronwen Percival, Francis Percival) 2017
44 A History of Cookbooks (By: Henry Notaker) 2017
45 Making Modern Meals (By: Amy B. Trubek) 2017
46 Food and Power (By: Nir Avieli) 2017
47 Canned (By: Anna Zeide) 2018
48 Meat Planet (By: Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft) 2019
49 The Labor of Lunch (By: Jennifer E. Gaddis) 2019
50 Feeding the Crisis (By: Maggie Dickinson) 2019
51 Sameness in Diversity (By: Laresh Jayasanker) 2020
52 Let's Ask Marion (By: Marion Nestle) 2020
53 The Scarcity Slot (By: Amanda L. Logan) 2020
54 Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race (By: María Elena García) 2021
55 Slow Cooked (By: Marion Nestle) 2022
56 Yerba Mate (By: Julia J.S. Sarreal) 2023
57 Ways of Eating (By: Merry White, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft) 2023