Food, Politics, and Society: Social Theory and the Modern Food System, Paperback - Alejandro Colas

Food and drink has been a focal point of modern social theory since the inception of agrarian capitalism and the industrial revolution. From Adam S...

Contributor(s): Author: Barilla Center for Food and NutritionEditor: Danielle NierenbergMangos from India, pasta from Italy, coffee from Colombia: ...

"By what cunning perversion of logic and history has the modern capitalist State persuaded us that it is the only possible form of polity? Why do w...

The politics of food is changing fast. In rich countries, obesity is now a more serious problem than hunger. Consumers once satisfied with cheap an...

Reducere. The concept of 'food as medicine' is rooted in our most ancient of traditions, including Greek, Indian and Chinese medicine. If we consider the ant...

This book analyses the food revolution that has occurred in Russia since the late 1980s, documenting the transformation in systems of production, s...

A bold yet realistic vision of how technology and social change are creating a food system in which we no longer use animals to produce meat, dairy...

Reducere. More than just a niche concern of a few activists, urban agriculture is a global movement that cuts across the private and public sectors, economic...

Feeding Fascism uses food as a lens to examine how women's efforts to feed their families became politicized under the Italian dictatorship.Publish...

This volume offers a comprehensive guide to methods used in the sociocultural, linguistic and historical research of food use. This volume is uniqu...

Reducere. In recent decades, the various strands of the food movement have made enormous strides in calling attention the many shortcomings and injustices of...

Publisher: Pennsylvania State University PressNumber of pages: 350Collection: Medieval & Renaissance Literary StudiesPublication date: 2021Dimensio...

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Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): A MeghjiNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 138 x 216 x 28Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedes...

Food trucks announcing "halal" proliferate in many urban areas but how many non-Muslims know what this means, other than cheap lunch? Here Middle E...

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Presents FAO's guiding document to support the Government of Turkey in addressing the needs of Syrians under Temporary Protection (SuTPs) and vulne...

Publisher: University of California PressAuthor(s): Joshua Frens-StringIllustration(s): 14 b-w illustrations, 4 tablesNumber of pages: 322Publicati...

Reducere. Throughout the United States, people are increasingly concerned about where their food comes from, how it is produced, and how its production affec...

Food as Communication Communication as FoodPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing IncNumber of pages: 465Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 152 x 226 x 27...

Publisher: Polity PressAuthor(s): A MeghjiNumber of pages: 182Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 222 x 144 x 19Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farme...

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Reducere. We all witness, in advertising and on supermarket shelves, the fierce competition for our food dollars. In this engrossing exposé, Marion Nestle go...

A deep dive into the history and philosophy of isonomy, a system of equal rights for all, as an alternative to the concept of democracy.Publisher: ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book discusses the various mechanisms by which food can trigger autoimmunity, thus turning a patient's own immune system against hi...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 50 bw illusNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 231 x 151 x 13Cover type: Pap...

The act of eating is a basic human need. Yet, in all societies, quotidian choices regarding food and its consumption reveal deeply rooted shared cu...

Reducere. Our food system is broken, and it's endangering what's most precious to us: our environment, our health, our soil and water, and our future. In rec...

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Author(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsIllustratio...

Integrating recent research and existing knowledge on food marketing and its effects on the eating behaviour of children, adolescents, and adults, ...

Reducere. DescriptionFor as long as there have been rich nations and poor nations, debt has been a powerful force for maintaining the unequal relations betwe...

A deep dive into the history and philosophy of isonomy, a system of equal rights for all, as an alternative to the concept of democracy.Publisher: ...

Reducere. The Saving Power of the Plant-Based Diet"If every patient in every doctor's office read this book, it would revolutionize the health of America." -...

This important study of the relationship between historical developments and the work of the scholars associated with the Frankfurt Institute for S...

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An investigation of the workings, and the cultural domination of Western society, of the fast food industry - from research labs to marketing strat...

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Reducere. The Food Safety Handbook: A Practical Guide for Building a Robust Food Safety Management System, contains detailed information on food safety syste...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Timothy T. Schwartz Ph. D.TRAVESTY is an anthropologist's personal story of working with foreign aid agencies and discoveri...

A lively survey of the politics of the Slow Food movement, an antidote to our fast-moving, work-obsessed capitalist culture.Publisher: Pluto PressA...

Reducere. This book is designed to enlighten novice and undecided voters about politics in America. To start with, it describes the types of people who make ...

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Economics of the Food System provides a comprehensive overview of the food system, beginning with the physical and geographical context of United S...

Reducere. Ralph Borsodi was among the first Americans to experiment in leaving the bustling city for a more relaxed, rural life - this book chronicles his pr...

Conversations With Food offers readers an array of essays revealing the power of food (and its absence) to transform relationships between the huma...