Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781469652887)

What we eat, where it is from, and how it is produced are vital questions in today's America. We think seriously about food because it is freighted with the hopes, fears, and anxieties of modern life. Yet critiques of food and food systems all too often sprawl into jeremiads against modernity itself, while supporters of the status quo refuse to acknowledge the problems with today's methods of food production and distribution. Food Fights sheds new light on these crucial debates, using a historical lens. Its essays take strong positions, even arguing with one another, as they explore the many themes and tensions that define how we understand our food--from the promises and failures of agricultural technology to the politics of taste.

In addition to the editors, contributors include Ken Albala, Amy Bentley, Charlotte Biltekoff, Peter A. Coclanis, Tracey Deutsch, S. Margot Finn, Rachel Laudan, Sarah Ludington, Margaret Mellon, Steve Striffler, and Robert T. Valgenti.

Author: Charles C. Ludington
ISBN-10: 1469652889
ISBN-13: 9781469652887
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 11/11/2019
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 11/01/2020