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The Sociology of Food and Agriculture.
As interest has increased in topics such as the globalization of the agrifood system, food security, and food safety, the subjects of food and agriculture are making their way into a growing number of courses in disciplines within the social sciences and the humanities, like sociology and food studi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2012.
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| Colección: | Earthscan food and agriculture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; The Sociology of Food and Agriculture; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures, Tables, and Boxes; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Part I: Global food economy; 2. The changing structure of agriculture: Theoretical debates and empirical trends; 3. Understanding the food system: Past, present and future; 4. Malnutrition: Hidden and visible; Part II: Community, culture, and knowledge; 5. Community, labor, and peasantries; 6. Food and culture; 7. Agrobiocultural diversity and knowledge transfer; Part III: Food security and the environment; 8. How much is enough?
- 9. Agroecosystems and the nature of "natures"10. Food, agriculture, and the environment; Part IV: Alternatives; 11. Alternative agrofood networks; 12. Avoiding the "traps" in agrifood studies; 13. Looking back ... and forward; Index.