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A foodie's guide to capitalism : understanding the political economy of what we eat / Eric Holt-Giménez and Marion Nestle.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Food First Books, 2017Description: 280 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789381406809
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 338.1 HOL 017759
Contents:
Foreword / by Marion Nestle -- Introduction : Do foodies need to understand capitalism? -- How our capitalist food system came to be -- Food, a special commodity -- Land and property -- Capitalism, food, and agriculture -- Power and privilege in the food system : gender, race, and class -- Food, capitalism, crises, and solutions -- Conclusion : Changing everything : food, capitalism, and the challenges of our time.
Summary: "Eric Holt-Giménez takes on the social, environmental, and economic crises of the capitalist mode of food production. Drawing from classical and modern analyses, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism introduces the reader to the history of our food system and to the basics of capitalism. In straightforward prose, Holt-Giménez explains the political economics of why--even as local, organic, and gourmet food have spread around the world--billions go hungry in the midst of abundance; why obesity is a global epidemic; and why land-grabbing, global warming, and environmental pollution are increasing." -- Publisher's description
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Foreword / by Marion Nestle --
Introduction : Do foodies need to understand capitalism? --
How our capitalist food system came to be --
Food, a special commodity --
Land and property --
Capitalism, food, and agriculture --
Power and privilege in the food system : gender, race, and class --
Food, capitalism, crises, and solutions --
Conclusion : Changing everything : food, capitalism, and the challenges of our time.


"Eric Holt-Giménez takes on the social, environmental, and economic crises of the capitalist mode of food production. Drawing from classical and modern analyses, A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism introduces the reader to the history of our food system and to the basics of capitalism. In straightforward prose, Holt-Giménez explains the political economics of why--even as local, organic, and gourmet food have spread around the world--billions go hungry in the midst of abundance; why obesity is a global epidemic; and why land-grabbing, global warming, and environmental pollution are increasing." -- Publisher's description

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