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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... vegetarian Ro- man Empire by northern , meat - eating “ barbarians ” brought widespread deforestation and consolidated landholding to accommodate larger herds of livestock . And since 1492 , European livestock may have done more to ...
... vegetarian Ro- man Empire by northern , meat - eating “ barbarians ” brought widespread deforestation and consolidated landholding to accommodate larger herds of livestock . And since 1492 , European livestock may have done more to ...
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... vegetarian literature , as in William Paley's 1785 Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy : “ A piece of ... vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal products . Similarly , poet Percy ...
... vegetarian literature , as in William Paley's 1785 Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy : “ A piece of ... vegetarians “ in abundance ” but “ sustain only twelve millions scant- ily ” on animal products . Similarly , poet Percy ...
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... vegetarian crusader William Alcott argued in 1848 . Indeed , Alcott suggested — anticipating right - to - life arguments to come , albeit organized around matters of food choice , not reproductive rights— a food production system ...
... vegetarian crusader William Alcott argued in 1848 . Indeed , Alcott suggested — anticipating right - to - life arguments to come , albeit organized around matters of food choice , not reproductive rights— a food production system ...
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... vegetarians . For example , I ask each of my food studies students to share the following highly incendiary passage by novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer with five people and to track their reaction : I watched someone at the next table ...
... vegetarians . For example , I ask each of my food studies students to share the following highly incendiary passage by novelist Isaac Bashevis Singer with five people and to track their reaction : I watched someone at the next table ...
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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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