A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Age

Name: A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Age
Brand: Bloomsbury 3PL
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By Amy Bentley

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In the modern age (1920-2000), vast technological innovation spurred greater concentration, standardization, and globalization of the food supply. As advances in agricultural production in the post-World War II era propelled population growth, a significant portion of the population gained access to cheap, industrially produced food while significant numbers remained mired in hunger and malnutrition. Further, as globalization allowed unprecedented access to foods from all parts of the globe, it also hastened environmental degradation, contributed to poor health, and remained a key element in global politics, economics and culture. A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Age presents an overview of the period with essays on food production, food systems, food security, safety and crises, food and politics, eating out, professional cooking, kitchens and service work, family and domesticity, body and soul, representations of food, and developments in food production and consumption globally.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 288
Release Date:: 2015-11-19
Publication Date:: 2015-11-19
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1474270042
ISBN13:: 9781474270045
Weight:: 502 g
Height:: 170 cm
Width:: 244 cm
Thickness:: 16 cm

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