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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... less expansive approach to the future . Pessimistic about human nature , Malthus also doubted Godwin's “ better manners ” stance , which held that in an egalitarian society with altruistic values , people would figure out ways to share ...
... less expansive approach to the future . Pessimistic about human nature , Malthus also doubted Godwin's “ better manners ” stance , which held that in an egalitarian society with altruistic values , people would figure out ways to share ...
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... Less confident in the new than modernism, more eclectic and multicultural than classi- cism, the recombinant (or postmodernist) menu may reflect how many of us actually approach and experience the future: one foot forward, the other ...
... Less confident in the new than modernism, more eclectic and multicultural than classi- cism, the recombinant (or postmodernist) menu may reflect how many of us actually approach and experience the future: one foot forward, the other ...
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... less crowded planet's diet would be so much tastier ? As for the optimum human population , neo - Malthusian ecologist Garrett Hardin suggests : “ There should be no more people in a country than could en- joy daily a glass of wine and ...
... less crowded planet's diet would be so much tastier ? As for the optimum human population , neo - Malthusian ecologist Garrett Hardin suggests : “ There should be no more people in a country than could en- joy daily a glass of wine and ...
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... less on technological ingenuity than on egalitarian , democratic reform ; in other words , the political half of Condorcet's “ good science + good government ” equation.13 With all these appeals to ultimate goals and credos , the stakes ...
... less on technological ingenuity than on egalitarian , democratic reform ; in other words , the political half of Condorcet's “ good science + good government ” equation.13 With all these appeals to ultimate goals and credos , the stakes ...
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... less than 20 kilograms of meat a year, and not until after World War II did Europe's richest countries reach the levels of meat consumption that Americans had enjoyed one hundred years earlier. Less affluent countries have lagged far ...
... less than 20 kilograms of meat a year, and not until after World War II did Europe's richest countries reach the levels of meat consumption that Americans had enjoyed one hundred years earlier. Less affluent countries have lagged far ...
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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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