Meals to Come A History of the Future of Food

Name: Meals to Come A History of the Future of Food
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ISBN: 9780520250352

ISBN-10: 0520250354

ISBN-13: 9780520250352

Edition: 2006

Authors: Warren Belasco

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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…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 10/18/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 393
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Preface



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



Imagining the Future of Food: Speculative Fiction



The Utopian Caveat



Dystopias



Things to Come: Three Cornucopian Futures



The Classical Future



The Modernist Future



The Recombinant Future


Postscript


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index