Fresh : a perishable history /

From the Publisher: That rosy tomato perched on your plate in December is at the end of a great journey-not just over land and sea, but across a vast and varied cultural history. This is the territory charted in Fresh. Opening the door of an ordinary refrigerator, it tells the curious story of the q...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Freidberg, Susanne, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Series:ACLS Fellows' Publications.
Subjects:
Food > Quality.
Food handling.
Food > Labeling.
Perishable goods.
Aliments > Qualité.
Aliments > Étiquetage.
Produits périssables.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
SCIENCE / History
Lebensmittelqualität
Frischware
Haltbarkeit
Livsmedel > historia > Förenta staterna.
Konservering > historia > Förenta staterna.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1: Refrigeration: cold revolution
  • 2: Beef: mobile meat
  • 3: Eggs: shell games
  • 4: Fruit: ephemeral beauty
  • 5: Vegetables: hidden labor
  • 6: Milk: border politics
  • 7: Fish: wild life
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index.

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