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Lädt ... Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Foodvon Warren Belasco
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. A fascinating and very readable food book from one of the leading American scholars in the field. Traces the western world's depictions of 'food future' - in other words how people have seen the 'future of food'. Features an analysis of Malthusian writing, science fiction, world fairs and many other sources. Clearly shows how many of our ideas about food, eating, population and envionment are far from new, but have long historical roots. Recommended. ( )
ARE we headed for an age of Frankenfoods or superfoods? Mass poisoning by hamburger or improved vitality through next week’s nutrition breakthrough? Do we face global starvation, or is global abundance just around the corner? And if so, how will the planet pay for it? “Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food,” (University of California Press), Warren Belasco’s entertaining and incisive survey of food futurism, hazards no guess. Its mission is to review a humbling spectrum of other people’s guesses, from the French Revolution on. Gehört zu Verlagsreihen
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, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years-from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this deep historical context, he provides an innovative framework for understanding the future of food today-when new prophets warn us against complacency at the same time that new technologies offer promising solutions. But will our grandchildren's grandchildren enjoy the cornucopian bounty most of us take for granted? This first history of the future to put food at the center of the story provides an intriguing perspective on this question for anyone-from general readers to policy analysts, historians, and students of the future-who has wondered about the future of life's most basic requirement. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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