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Let them eat junk : how capitalism creates hunger and obesity /

A thorough explanation of how the capitalist system creates simultaneous hunger and obesity.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Albritton, Robert, 1941- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : New York : Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • pt. I: Introduction. Introduction
  • pt. II: Understanding capitalism. The management of agriculture and food by capital's deep structures
  • The phase of consumerism and the US roots of the current agriculture and food regimes
  • pt. III: The historical analysis of the US-centred global food regime. The food regime and consumers' health
  • The health of agriculture and food workers
  • Agriculture, food provisioning, and the environment
  • Food, marketing, and choice in the United States
  • Corporate power, food, and liberal democracy
  • pt. IV: Conclusions. Agriculture food, and the fight for democracy, social justice, health, and sustainability.