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Meals to come : a history of the future of food /

In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Belasco, Warren James (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Colección:California studies in food and culture ; 16.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Debating the future of food: the battle of the think tanks. The stakes in our steaks ; The debate: Will the world run out of food? ; The deep structure of the debate.
  • pt. II. Imagining the future of food: speculative fiction. The utopian caveat ; Dystopias.
  • pt. III. Things to come: three cornucopian futures. The classical future ; The modernist future ; The recombinant future.