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Author Atkins, Peter

Title Food in Society
Published Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; PART I HORS D'OEUVRE; 1 A background to food studies; PART II THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF FOOD; 2 Introduction; 3 Food régimes as an organizing concept; 4 Globalization and food networks; 5 Transformation of the farm sector; 6 Food processing and manufacturing; 7 Food marketing and the consumer; PART III GLOBAL AND GEOPOLITICAL FOOD ISSUES; 8 Introduction; 9 Food production and population; 10 Malnutrition, hunger and famine; 11 Food surpluses; 12 Food security; 13 Food, world trade and geopolitics
PART IV A POLITICAL ECOLOGY OF FOOD14 Introduction; 15 Food quality; 16 Food and health; 17 From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution; 18 Food ethics, food policies and civil society; PART V FOOD CONSUMPTION SPACES; 19 Introduction; 20 Factors in food consumption; 21 The origins of taste; 22 Food habits, beliefs and taboos; 23 Food, gender and domestic spaces; PART VI; 24 Conclusion; Index
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Subject Food supply
Food.
food.
Food
Food supply
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1317836006
9781317836001