Meals to Come: A History of the Future of FoodUniversity of California Press, 18/10/2006 - 393 من الصفحات In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years—from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this deep historical context, he provides an innovative framework for understanding the future of food today—when new prophets warn us against complacency at the same time that new technologies offer promising solutions. But will our grandchildren's grandchildren enjoy the cornucopian bounty most of us take for granted? This first history of the future to put food at the center of the story provides an intriguing perspective on this question for anyone—from general readers to policy analysts, historians, and students of the future—who has wondered about the future of life's most basic requirement. |
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... arguments over the use of hybrids, tractors, and chemical pesticides. In this study I look at the way the future of food has been conceptu- alized and represented over the past two hundred years. When the econ- omist/parson Thomas ...
... arguments over the use of hybrids, tractors, and chemical pesticides. In this study I look at the way the future of food has been conceptu- alized and represented over the past two hundred years. When the econ- omist/parson Thomas ...
الصفحة ix
... argue that only with a more equitable economic system can the poor feed themselves . The outlines of this controversy may be familiar to those versed in is- sues to do with the relationship between food and population , which have long ...
... argue that only with a more equitable economic system can the poor feed themselves . The outlines of this controversy may be familiar to those versed in is- sues to do with the relationship between food and population , which have long ...
الصفحة xi
... argument is that the fantasies of utopian and dys- topian fiction have served to both reflect and shape the policy debate over the future of food. Speculative stories have also given greater voice to those who are not well represented ...
... argument is that the fantasies of utopian and dys- topian fiction have served to both reflect and shape the policy debate over the future of food. Speculative stories have also given greater voice to those who are not well represented ...
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... argument , yet I now see that meat has affected population growth , conquest , and resource issues for quite a long time . Over 2,400 years ago , Socrates argued that domesticated meat's lavish land requirements inevitably led to ...
... argument , yet I now see that meat has affected population growth , conquest , and resource issues for quite a long time . Over 2,400 years ago , Socrates argued that domesticated meat's lavish land requirements inevitably led to ...
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... argued that British farmers could potentially feed forty - seven mil- lion vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal products . Similarly , poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's “ Vindi- cation of a ...
... argued that British farmers could potentially feed forty - seven mil- lion vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal products . Similarly , poet Percy Bysshe Shelley's “ Vindi- cation of a ...
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Will the World Run Out of Food? | 20 |
3 The Deep Structure of the Debate | 61 |
PART II IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD | 93 |
4 The Utopian Caveat | 95 |
5 Dystopias | 119 |
PART III THINGS TO COME | 147 |
6 The Classical Future | 149 |
7 The Modernist Future | 166 |
8 The Recombinant Future | 219 |
Postscript | 263 |
Notes | 267 |
Selected Bibliography | 317 |
Acknowledgments | 333 |
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