Food & Society

This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food. Aimed mostly at students of economics and related social sciences, it explain...

Food, Language, and Society: Communication in Japanese Foodways examines the language of food in Japanese through the lens of cognitive science and...

Embark on a journey into the future of nutrition with this edited book. The book explores the remarkable potential of millets as the cornerstone of...

Winner of the 2023 Donald L. Fixico Award for most innovative book on American Indian and Canadian First Nations History from the Western History A...

Europe was formed in the Middle Ages. The merging of the traditions of Roman-Mediterranean societies with the customs of Northern Europe created ne...

The Routledge History of American Foodways provides an important overview of the main themes surrounding the history of food in the Americas from t...

In the early twentieth century, China was stigmatized as the Land of Famine. Meanwhile in Europe and the United States, scientists and industrialis...

In the early twentieth century, China was stigmatized as the Land of Famine. Meanwhile in Europe and the United States, scientists and industrialis...

From corn flakes to pancakes, Breakfast: A History explores this most important meal of the day as a social and gastronomic phenomenon. It explains...

San Francisco is a relatively young city with a well-deserved reputation as a food destination, situated near lush farmland and a busy port. San Fr...

This book charts the history of gin from its arrival in England in the sixteenth century to the present day. In doing so it uses a range of perspec...

 An insightful map of the landscape of social meals, Eating Together: Food, Friendship, and Inequality argues that the ways in which Americans eat ...

Cheese, unlike other foods or culinary ingredients, is not a recently fashionable product. Its roots go back to ancient times. It was one of the fa...

Within a decade, nearly half of all American farmland will change hands as an older generation of farmers steps aside. In their place, a groundswel...

The newest volume of the eclectic biannual anthology from Greenhorns, a grassroots network for recruiting, promoting, and supporting new American f...

This book addresses the health status of both mothers and children, highlighting acute malnutrition through anthropometric indices such as weight-f...

'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delici...

Forging Communities explores the importance of the cultivation, provision, trade, and exchange of foods and beverages to mankinds technological adv...

'Read this book. Saving Planet Earth starts right here, right now' Stella McCartneyFrom the bestselling author of Eating Animals, a brilliantly fre...