Food and globalization
Subtitle: consumption, markets, and politics in the modern world
By: edited by Alexander Nützenadel and Frank Trentmann.
Contributors: Nützenadel, Alexander.; Trentmann, Frank.
Edition: English ed.
Series: Cultures of consumption series
Publisher: Berg
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781845206789; 9781845206796
Subjects: Food industry and trade; Food supply -- Political aspects; Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects; Food habits -- Cross-cultural studies; Globalization -- Economic aspects
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "Food has a special significance in the expanding field of global history. Food markets were the first to become globally integrated, linking distant cultures of the world, and in no other area have the interactions between global exchange and local cultural practices been as pronounced as in changing food cultures. In this wide-ranging and fascinating book, the authors provide an historical overview of the relationship between food and globalization in the modern world. Together, the chapters of this book provide a fresh perspective on both global history and food studies. As such, this book will be of interest to a wide range of students and scholars of history, food studies, sociology, anthropology and globalization"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.