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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... forecasts and proposals emerge. Some futurists predict unprecedented affluence and convenience—a world of “smart” technologies providing a cornu- copia of nutritious, tasty, and interesting foods. Others worry about global shortages ...
... forecasts and proposals emerge. Some futurists predict unprecedented affluence and convenience—a world of “smart” technologies providing a cornu- copia of nutritious, tasty, and interesting foods. Others worry about global shortages ...
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... forecasts and predictions in order to re- veal basic patterns and possible fallacies in the art and business of fu- turistic projection. What makes for good forecasts, and when do fore- casts go off track? This perspective seems ...
... forecasts and predictions in order to re- veal basic patterns and possible fallacies in the art and business of fu- turistic projection. What makes for good forecasts, and when do fore- casts go off track? This perspective seems ...
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... forecasts fail? And why do forecasters keep recycling the same metaphors and faulty assumptions? Part II, “Imagining the Future of Food,” examines speculative fiction— a more vibrant and dissident forum for conceiving of the future than ...
... forecasts fail? And why do forecasters keep recycling the same metaphors and faulty assumptions? Part II, “Imagining the Future of Food,” examines speculative fiction— a more vibrant and dissident forum for conceiving of the future than ...
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... forecasts involve big generalizations and theoretical concepts: abundance, scarcity, total caloric demand, potential agricultural yields, hydraulic cycles, global warming, hybridization, to name a few. This book delves into many of ...
... forecasts involve big generalizations and theoretical concepts: abundance, scarcity, total caloric demand, potential agricultural yields, hydraulic cycles, global warming, hybridization, to name a few. This book delves into many of ...
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... forecasts , especially the recurrent predictions about animal foods . But before recounting these speculations , it seems reasonable to ask why so much expectation has been embodied , as it were , in such fleshy issues . Why such an ...
... forecasts , especially the recurrent predictions about animal foods . But before recounting these speculations , it seems reasonable to ask why so much expectation has been embodied , as it were , in such fleshy issues . Why such an ...
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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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