Food and Society

William C. Whit

doi:10.5771/9780742580244

Food and Society

A Sociological Approach

1. Edition 1995

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doi.org/10.5771/9780742580244
ISBN print: 978-1-882289-37-0
ISBN online: 978-0-7425-8024-4
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham

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Abstract

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.

Organized from the experiences of food consumption through its preparation, distribution, storage and production, this book discusses the role of food in past societies, the basics of nutrition, contemporary issues, including body size, food and culture, food production, world hunger and food innovation.

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i–xvi Preface i–xvi
1–8 Introduction 1–8
9–30 Chapter 1 Encountering Food 9–30
31–45 Chapter 2 Food and Nutrition in Preindustrial Societies 31–45
46–63 Chapter 3 Scientific Nutrition and Food from the Industrial Revolution 46–63
64–88 Chapter 4 Food, Profit, and Nutrition—and a Remedy 64–88
89–113 Chapter 5 Fat and Thin: Obesity and Anorexia 89–113
114–140 Chapter 6 Culture and Food 114–140
141–166 Chapter 7 Food and the Social Order 141–166
167–192 Chapter 8 Agricultural Technology: High/Low, Profits and People 167–192
193–218 Chapter 9 World Hunger 193–218
219–237 Chapter 10 Food Success Stories 219–237
238–240 Appendix: Peper Harow 238–240
241–244 Index 241–244

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