Food and Globalization: Consumption, Markets and Politics in the Modern World
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Food and Globalization: Consumption, Markets and Politics in the Modern World
By (Author) Alexander Nuetzenadel
Edited by Professor Frank Trentmann
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Berg Publishers
1st September 2010
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
382
Physical Properties
Paperback
304
Width 156mm, Height 234mm, Spine 16mm
452g
Description
Food has a special significance in the expanding field of global history. Food markets were the first to become globally integrated, linking distant cultures of the world, and in no other area have the interactions between global exchange and local cultural practices been as pronounced as in changing food cultures. In this wide-ranging and fascinating book, the authors provide an historical overview of the relationship between food and globalization in the modern world. Together, the chapters of this book provide a fresh perspective on both global history and food studies. As such, this book will be of interest to a wide range of students and scholars of history, food studies, sociology, anthropology and globalization.
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Food has a special significance in the expanding field of global history. Food markets were the first to become globally integrated, linking distant cultures of the world, and in no other area have the interactions between global exchange and local cultural practices been as pronounced as in changing food cultures. In this wide-ranging and fascinating book, the authors provide an historical overview of the relationship between food and globalization in the modern world. Together, the chapters of this book provide a fresh perspective on both global history and food studies, and as such this book will be of interest to a wide-range of students and scholars of history, food studies, sociology, anthropology, and globalization
Author Bio
Alexander Nuetzenadel is Chair of European Economic and Social History at the Europa-Universitat Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). Frank Trentmann is Professor of Modern History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and Director of the Cultures of Consumption research programme, co-funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
