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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... CORNUCOPIAN FUTURES 6 The Classical Future 149 7 The Modernist Future 166 8 The Recombinant Future 219 Postscript 263 Notes 267 Selected Bibliography 317 Acknowledgments 333 Index 337 PREFACE Food is important . In fact , nothing is ...
... CORNUCOPIAN FUTURES 6 The Classical Future 149 7 The Modernist Future 166 8 The Recombinant Future 219 Postscript 263 Notes 267 Selected Bibliography 317 Acknowledgments 333 Index 337 PREFACE Food is important . In fact , nothing is ...
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... cornucopian optimism , Malthus took the “ fewer forks ” position : humanity's capacity for reproduction would always outrun the farmer's capacity for production and the sci- entist's capacity for miracles , so prudence dictated a more ...
... cornucopian optimism , Malthus took the “ fewer forks ” position : humanity's capacity for reproduction would always outrun the farmer's capacity for production and the sci- entist's capacity for miracles , so prudence dictated a more ...
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... cornucopian proponents of biotechnological food production seem unaware that they are repeating the hyperbole once voiced in favor of foods synthesized from coal, wood pulp, and algae. By giving food issues a deeper historical context ...
... cornucopian proponents of biotechnological food production seem unaware that they are repeating the hyperbole once voiced in favor of foods synthesized from coal, wood pulp, and algae. By giving food issues a deeper historical context ...
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... cornucopian science; and a strongly Malthu- sian fear of congestion and crowding. From the vantage point of both the impassioned policy debates (part I) and the mostly dystopian fantasies of the past half century (part II), tomorrow's ...
... cornucopian science; and a strongly Malthu- sian fear of congestion and crowding. From the vantage point of both the impassioned policy debates (part I) and the mostly dystopian fantasies of the past half century (part II), tomorrow's ...
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... cornucopian futures: classical, modernist, and recombinant. The classical future is a continuation and elaboration of the progress of the past—a future of ever bigger and better things made available largely through materialistic ...
... cornucopian futures: classical, modernist, and recombinant. The classical future is a continuation and elaboration of the progress of the past—a future of ever bigger and better things made available largely through materialistic ...
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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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