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Meals to come a history of the future of food

By Belasco , Warren James

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9780520241510, 0520241517, 9780520250352, 0520250354
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2094763 bytes)
Series
California studies in food and culture 16
Pages
(xiii, 358 pages), [22] pages) of plates : illustr
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Food;Food--History;Food supply;SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ag

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Preface; PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD; 1 The Stakes in Our Steaks; 2 The Debate: Will the World Run Out of Food?; 3 The Deep Structure of the Debate; PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD; 4 The Utopian Caveat; 5 Dystopias; PART III. THINGS TO COME; 6 The Classical Future; 7 The Modernist Future; 8 The Recombinant Future; Postscript; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years-from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this d. Preface PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD 1 The Stakes in Our Steaks 2 The Debate: Will the World Run Out of Food? 3 The Deep Structure of the Debate PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD 4 The Utopian Caveat 5 Dystopias PART III. THINGS TO COME 6 The Classical Future 7 The Modernist Future 8 The Recombinant Future Postscript Notes Selected Bibliography Acknowledgments Index

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