Food and Society
eBook - ePub

Food and Society

A Sociological Approach

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

Food and Society

A Sociological Approach

About this book

The importance of food is undeniable. Yet, because it is so close and obvious, we often fail to pay attention to it. In Food and Society: A Sociological Approach, author William C. Whitt attempts to develop a multi-level, multidisciplinary approach to the relationship between food and the larger world.
Organized from the experiences of food consumption through its preparation, distribution, storage and production, this book discusses the role of food in past societies, the basics of nutrition, contemporary issues, including body size, food and culture, food production, world hunger and food innovation.

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Table of contents

  1. THE REYNOLDS SERIES IN SOCIOLOGY
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1 - Encountering Food
  10. Chapter 2 - Food and Nutrition in Pre-industrial Societies
  11. Chapter 3 - Scientific Nutrition from the Industrial Revolution
  12. Chapter 4 - Food, Profit, Nutrition—A Remedy
  13. Chapter 5 - Fat and Thin: Obesity and Anorexia
  14. Chapter 6 - Culture and Food
  15. Chapter 7 - Food and the Social Order
  16. Chapter 8 - Agriculture Technology: High/low, Profits and People
  17. Chapter 9 - World Hunger
  18. Chapter 10 - Food Success Stories
  19. Appendix: Peper Harow
  20. INDEX