Book ID: CBB403443741

Food Fights: How history matters to contemporary food debates (2019)

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What we eat, where it is from, and how it is produced are vital questions in today's America. We think seriously about food because it is freighted with the hopes, fears, and anxieties of modern life. Yet critiques of food and food systems all too often sprawl into jeremiads against modernity itself, while supporters of the status quo refuse to acknowledge the problems with today's methods of food production and distribution. Food Fights sheds new light on these crucial debates, using a historical lens. Its essays take strong positions, even arguing with one another, as they explore the many themes and tensions that define how we understand our food--from the promises and failures of agricultural technology to the politics of taste. (Publisher)

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Review Michelle Mart (January 2021) Review of "Food Fights: How history matters to contemporary food debates". Environmental History (pp. 162-164). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Andrea S. Wiley
Haushofer, Lisa
Wilkinson, Susan
Denesuk, Matthew
Moss, Timothy
Welk-Joerger, Nicole
Concepts
Food industry and trade
Food safety
Science and society
Food and foods
Public health
Technology and society
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
20th century, late
Places
United States
England
Americas
China
India
Great Britain
Institutions
United States. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
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