Book ID: CBB521708008

The Fishmeal Revolution: The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem (2021)

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Kristin A. Wintersteen (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2021
Physical Details: 246
Language: English

Off the Pacific coast of South America, nutrients mingle with cool waters rising from the ocean’s depths, creating one of the world’s most productive marine ecosystems: the Humboldt Current. When the region’s teeming populations of fish were converted into a key ingredient in animal feed—fishmeal—it fueled the revolution in chicken, hog, and fish farming that swept the United States and northern Europe after World War II.The Fishmeal Revolution explores industrialization along the Peru-Chile coast as fishmeal producers pulverized and exported unprecedented volumes of marine proteins to satisfy the growing taste for meat among affluent consumers in the Global North. A relentless drive to maximize profits from the sea occurred at the same time that Peru and Chile grappled with the challenge of environmental uncertainty and its potentially devastating impact. In this exciting new book, Kristin A. Wintersteen offers an important history and critique of the science and policy that shaped the global food industry.

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Review Jennifer Hubbard (2022) Review of "The Fishmeal Revolution: The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 895-897). unapi

Review Kellen Backer (April 2022) Review of "The Fishmeal Revolution: The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem". Technology and Culture (pp. 589-590). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Metcalfe, Robyn
Hay, Travis
Dickman, Robert L.
Chambers, Lori
Collantes, Fernando
Vanden Bout, Paul A.
Concepts
Fisheries; fishing
Food industry and trade
Environmental history
Industrialization
Agriculture
Food supply
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
Pacific Ocean
Canada
Chile
Peru
United States
Spain
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