William C Whit

Food and Society

A Sociological Approach

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The importance of food is undeniable. Yet, because it is so close and obvious, we often fail to pay attention to it. In Food and Society: A Sociological Approach, author William C. Whitt attempts to develop a multi-level, multidisciplinary approach to the relationship between food and the larger world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 145mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9781882289370
• ISBN-10: 1882289374
• Artikelnr.: 38503105

Autorenporträt

By William C. Whit

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Encountering Food Chapter 3 Food and
Nutrition in Preindustrial Societies Chapter 4 Scientific Nutrition and
Food from the Industrial Revolution Chapter 5 Food, Profit, and
Nutrition-and a Remedy Chapter 6 Fat and Thin: Obesity and Anorexia Chapter
7 Culture and Food Chapter 8 Food and the Social Order Chapter 9
Agricultural Technology: High/Low, Profits, and People Chapter 10 World
Hunger Chapter 11 Food Success Stories