Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change
eBook - ePub

Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change

The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change

The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950

About this book

In barely three generations the Spanish diet has changed beyond recognition. The traditional concerns around nutritional health and scarcity have been mostly left behind, but they have given way to new problems linked to excess. In this book Fernando Collantes shows how the dairy industry has been central to this societal shift. From widespread calcium deficiency in the 1950s to the more recent, and controversial, turn to highly processed foods, it provides a recent history of diet change in Spain. Probing the reasons behind why this shift has occurred, and how, it shows that when it comes to food society, politics, economics and the law are intrinsically linked.

Taking the reader beyond the world of food, Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change combines qualitative and quantitative methods to position diet change within the broader debate on consumer society and 'the good life'. Contrasting two models of food consumption, it shows that unless public policy takes the challenge of affluence seriously, the food system can become an obstacle to a better society.

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Information

Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781350401563
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Title Page
  5. Food in Modern History: Traditions and Innovations
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of Figures
  8. List of Tables
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I The Rise and Fall of Good Diets
  11. Part II The Mass Consumption Model (1950–90)
  12. Part III Sophisticated Deviation (1990–Present)
  13. Part IV Conclusion
  14. References
  15. Statistical appendix
  16. Index
  17. Copyright Page