Food & Society

The first collection to incorporate the current trends in foodways archaeology using the concept of cuisine.

Though Latinx foodways are eagerly embraced and consumed by people across the United States, the nation exhibits a much more fraught relationship w...

A revealing account of what we feed our citizens in schools, hospitals and prisons.Access to good food is the litmus test of a societys commitment ...

The Prater a centerpiece of Viennese history as a reflection of changing times The Prater represents like no other place the history of Vienna a...

Carving a unique space within the burgeoning field of food studies, the essays gathered in this volume position themselves at a variety of flashpoi...

'Veganism is not just a diet. Not just an opinion, nor a trend. It is a 21st-century revolution which began 20 centuries ago.' From the activist, s...

Traditional food studies textbooks tend to emphasize theoretical concepts and text-based approaches. Yet food is sensory, tactile, and experiential...

Witty and fascinating a guide book that can't help but inspire independent.co.ukAnthony Bourdain saw more of the world than nearly anyone. His tra...

This book presents a synthesis of discussions and papers presented at a 1976 conference, held at the University of Northern Colorado at Greeley, th...

Agribusiness: Fundamentals and Applications, second edition, discusses the broad spectrum of the agribusiness world. Several chapters focus on the ...

This book explores the transformation of Brazil and Argentina into two of the worlds largest producers of genetically modified (GM) crops. Systemat...

Addressing a neglected area in academic research, media coverage and public understanding, this book takes a critical political economy approach to...

The relationship between intellectual property and food affects the production and availability of food by regulating dealings in products, process...

In public debates, communication campaigns and public policies, it is increasingly common to attribute to consumers and their agency an ability to ...

How wine has transformed Tibetan land and livesSet in the Sino-Tibetan border region renamed Shangri-La by the Chinese government for tourism promo...

How wine has transformed Tibetan land and livesSet in the Sino-Tibetan border region renamed Shangri-La by the Chinese government for tourism promo...

A surprising history of how the pig has influenced Jewish identity Jews do not eat pig. This (not always true) observation has been made by both Je...

An exploration of gender, race, and food in Peru in the 1950s and 1960s and today.From the late 1940s to the mid 1960s, Perus rapid industrializati...

An exploration of gender, race, and food in Peru in the 1950s and 1960s and today.From the late 1940s to the mid 1960s, Perus rapid industrializati...

This book is an ethnography of the metamorphosis of rural foods and traditional dishes and of the making of cuisine and identity in contemporary At...

Weighing In takes on the 'obesity epidemic,' challenging many widely held assumptions about its causes and consequences. Julie Guthman examines fat...