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Author Belasco, Warren James.

Title Meals to come : a history of the future of food / Warren Belasco.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 358 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series California studies in food and culture ; 16
California studies in food and culture ; 16.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-331) and index.
Contents pt. I. Debating the future of food: the battle of the think tanks. The stakes in our steaks ; The debate: Will the world run out of food? ; The deep structure of the debate. -- pt. II. Imagining the future of food: speculative fiction. The utopian caveat ; Dystopias. -- pt. III. Things to come: three cornucopian futures. The classical future ; The modernist future ; The recombinant future.
Summary 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.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Food -- History.
Food.
History.
Food supply.
Food supply.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Belasco, Warren James. Meals to come. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006 0520241517 9780520241510 (DLC) 2005036472 (OCoLC)62789899
ISBN 9780520940468 (electronic book)
0520940466 (electronic book)
9781429467414 (electronic book)
142946741X (electronic book)
0520904001
9780520904002
0520241517 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0520250354 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780520241510
9780520250352