Food in Society: Economy, Culture, Geography

by Peter J. Atkins and Ian Bowler

Book Overview

Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy, politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies.

While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries, for some food has become an experience rather than a sustenance. This book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0340720042
• ISBN13: 9780340720042
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Hodder Education Publishers
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"