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American Wasteland How America Throws Away Nearly Half Of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why...
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written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
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Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why it matters, and how you can make a difference starting in your own kitchen—reducing waste and saving money. Interviews with experts...
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why it matters, and how you can make a difference starting in your own kitchen—reducing waste and saving money. Interviews with experts such as chef Alice Waters and food psychologist Brian Wansink, among others, uncover not only how and why we waste, but, most importantly, what we can do about it.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010, 2011
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Topic / Theme
Waste disposal, Food industry, End food waste movement, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Perseus Books Group
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14: CANTINAS AND DRINKERS IN MEXICO
written by Ricardo Avila Palafox, fl. 2001; edited by Valerie de Garine, fl. 2001 and Igor de Garine, 1931-; in Drinking: Anthropological Approaches, Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, Volume 4 (New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, originally published 2001), 169-180
Over the last decades quite a few studies have been devoted to drinking. Most of these were concerned with alcohol and written by social anthropologists. This book presents multidisciplinary aspects of the ingestion of liquids at large, addressing many of the overt and covert meanings of drinking: from satisfying...
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written by Ricardo Avila Palafox, fl. 2001; edited by Valerie de Garine, fl. 2001 and Igor de Garine, 1931-; in Drinking: Anthropological Approaches, Anthropology of Food and Nutrition, Volume 4 (New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2001, originally published 2001), 169-180
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Over the last decades quite a few studies have been devoted to drinking. Most of these were concerned with alcohol and written by social anthropologists. This book presents multidisciplinary aspects of the ingestion of liquids at large, addressing many of the overt and covert meanings of drinking: from satisfying biological needs to communicating with humans and the hereafter, attempting to reach a differential emotional state or seeking good hea...
Over the last decades quite a few studies have been devoted to drinking. Most of these were concerned with alcohol and written by social anthropologists. This book presents multidisciplinary aspects of the ingestion of liquids at large, addressing many of the overt and covert meanings of drinking: from satisfying biological needs to communicating with humans and the hereafter, attempting to reach a differential emotional state or seeking good health and longevity through the ingestion of appropriate beverages. It includes papers from both biological and social scientists and covers a fair range of societies from rural and urban environments, and in continents and countries ranging from Europe, Africa, and Latin America to Malaysia and the Pacific.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book, Chapter
Contributor
Valerie de Garine, fl. 2001, Igor de Garine, 1931-
Author / Creator
Ricardo Avila Palafox, fl. 2001
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Series
Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
Topic / Theme
Beverages, Social drinking, Cultural anthropology, Bars and saloons, Early 21st Century United States (2001– ), Mexicans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2001 by Berghahn Books
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Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took On the Food Industry (2nd Updated Edition)
written by Warren J. Belasco, fl. 2011 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007), 327 page(s)
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written by Warren J. Belasco, fl. 2011 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2007), 327 page(s)
Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Warren J. Belasco, fl. 2011
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Topic / Theme
Food industry, Social movements, Counterculture, The Sixties (1960–1974)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Pantheon Books
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At Table, Predictable Pleasures: Food and the Pursuit of Balance in Rural Yucatán
written by Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012; edited by Sherrie Flick, 1967-, in At Table (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 275 page(s)
The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community,...
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written by Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012; edited by Sherrie Flick, 1967-, in At Table (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 275 page(s)
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The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. A...
The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. As shifting social conditions, especially a decline in agriculture and a deepening reliance on regional tourism, transform the manners in which people work and eat, residents of this community grapple with new ways of surviving and finding pleasure.
Lauren A. Wynne examines the convergence of food and balance through deep analysis of what locals describe as acts of care. Drawing together rich ethnographic data on how people produce, exchange, consume, and talk about food, this book posits food as an accessible, pleasurable, and deeply important means by which people in rural Yucatan make clear what matters to them, finding balance in a world that seems increasingly imbalanced.
Unlike many studies of globalization that point to the dissolution of local social bonds and practices, Predictable Pleasures presents an array of enduring values and practices, tracing their longevity to the material constraints of life in rural Yucatan, the deep historical and cosmological significance of food in this region, and the stubborn nature of bodily habits and tastes.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Sherrie Flick, 1967-
Author / Creator
Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Series
At Table
Topic / Theme
Food and Commodities, Cultural communities, Tourism industry, Local foods, Agriculture, Social customs, Anthropology, Sociology, Yucatan Maya, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 University of Nebraska Press
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By-products in the Packing Industry
written by Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927, originally published 1927), 482 page(s)
This book, by Rudolf A. Clemen, is about utilizing the by-products produced by the meat-packing industry in order to turn waste into a source of revenue and increase profits. Some of the by-products discussed are hides and skins, wool and hair, fats, oils, and greases, soap, pharmaceuticals, glues, fertilizers, an...
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written by Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969 (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1927, originally published 1927), 482 page(s)
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This book, by Rudolf A. Clemen, is about utilizing the by-products produced by the meat-packing industry in order to turn waste into a source of revenue and increase profits. Some of the by-products discussed are hides and skins, wool and hair, fats, oils, and greases, soap, pharmaceuticals, glues, fertilizers, and animal feed. There is also a chapter on accounting and business management of by-product manufacturing.
Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Rudolf Alexander Clemen, 1893-1969
Date Published / Released
1927
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Topic / Theme
Meats and poultry, Food industry, Consumer products, Waste disposal, Butchering, World War I & Jazz Age (1914–1928)
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California Studies in Food and Culture, Sameness in Diversity: Food and Globalization in Modern America
written by Laresh Jayasanker, 1972-2018; edited by Darra Goldstein, fl. 2006, in California Studies in Food and Culture (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 472 page(s)
Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once-exotic ingredients—like mangoes, hot sauces, kale, kimchi, and coconut milk—have become standard in the contemporary American diet. Laresh Jayasanker explains how food choices have expanded since the 196...
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written by Laresh Jayasanker, 1972-2018; edited by Darra Goldstein, fl. 2006, in California Studies in Food and Culture (Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 472 page(s)
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Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once-exotic ingredients—like mangoes, hot sauces, kale, kimchi, and coconut milk—have become standard in the contemporary American diet. Laresh Jayasanker explains how food choices have expanded since the 1960s: immigrants have created demand for produce and other foods from their homelands; grocers and food processors have sought to market...
Americans of the 1960s would have trouble navigating the grocery aisles and restaurant menus of today. Once-exotic ingredients—like mangoes, hot sauces, kale, kimchi, and coconut milk—have become standard in the contemporary American diet. Laresh Jayasanker explains how food choices have expanded since the 1960s: immigrants have created demand for produce and other foods from their homelands; grocers and food processors have sought to market new foods; and transportation improvements have enabled food companies to bring those foods from afar. Yet, even as choices within stores have exploded, supermarket chains have consolidated. Throughout the food industry, fewer companies manage production and distribution, controlling what American consumers can access. Mining a wealth of menus, cookbooks, trade publications, interviews, and company records, Jayasanker explores Americans’ changing eating habits to shed light on the impact of immigration and globalization on American culture.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Darra Goldstein, fl. 2006
Author / Creator
Laresh Jayasanker, 1972-2018
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
University of California Press
Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Topic / Theme
Food and Commodities, Immigration and emigration, Food industry, Globalization, Restaurants, Diet and food, Economics, Global Consumerism, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 University of California Press
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Family and Social Change: The Household as a Process in an Industrializing Community
written by Angélique Janssens, 1955-, in Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time, 21 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1993, originally published 1993), 342 page(s)
This book examines the effects of nineteenth-century industrialization on the strength of relationships within the family and between generations. Dr. Janssens' quantitative approach, based on Dutch population registers, reveals a new perspective: although family life did go through some changes, early industriali...
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written by Angélique Janssens, 1955-, in Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time, 21 (Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1993, originally published 1993), 342 page(s)
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This book examines the effects of nineteenth-century industrialization on the strength of relationships within the family and between generations. Dr. Janssens' quantitative approach, based on Dutch population registers, reveals a new perspective: although family life did go through some changes, early industrialization did not lead to the destruction of nineteenth-century family life, as the traditionally dominant view contended. This innovative...
This book examines the effects of nineteenth-century industrialization on the strength of relationships within the family and between generations. Dr. Janssens' quantitative approach, based on Dutch population registers, reveals a new perspective: although family life did go through some changes, early industrialization did not lead to the destruction of nineteenth-century family life, as the traditionally dominant view contended. This innovative study also illuminates wider social issues--the nature of hierarchies, class structure and household organization.
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Field of Study
Social Work
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Angélique Janssens, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1993
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Series
Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
Topic / Theme
Family relationships, Households, Industrialization, Demographics, Cultural change and history, Macro
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1993 Cambridge University Press
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Challenged Hegemony: The United States, China, and Russia in the Persian Gulf
written by Katerina Oskarsson and Steve A. Yetiv (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 253 page(s)
Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic,...
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written by Katerina Oskarsson and Steve A. Yetiv (Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press, 2018), 253 page(s)
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Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic, military, and economic roles of the United States, China, and Russia. In this book, Steve A. Yetiv and Katerina Oskarsson offer a pano...
Few issues in international affairs and energy security animate thinkers more than the classic topic of hegemony, and the case of the Persian Gulf presents particularly fertile ground for considering this concept. Since the 1970s, the region has undergone tumultuous changes, with dramatic shifts in the diplomatic, military, and economic roles of the United States, China, and Russia. In this book, Steve A. Yetiv and Katerina Oskarsson offer a panoramic study of hegemony and foreign powers in the Persian Gulf, offering the most comprehensive, data-driven portrait to date of their evolving relations.The authors argue that the United States has become hegemonic in the Persian Gulf, ultimately protecting oil security for the entire global economy. Through an analysis of official and unofficial diplomatic relations, trade statistics, military records, and more, they provide a detailed account of how U.S. hegemony and oil security have grown in tandem, as, simultaneously, China and Russia have increased their political and economic presence. The book sheds light on hegemony's complexities, and challenges and reveals how local variations in power will continue to shape the Persian Gulf in the future.
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Field of Study
Business & Economics
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Katerina Oskarsson, Steve A. Yetiv
Date Published / Released
2018
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Security Issues, Energy industry, International trade, Petroleum, Geography, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2018 Stanford University Press
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Cheap Meat: Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands
written by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010, originally published 2010), 196 page(s)
Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade i...
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written by Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2010, originally published 2010), 196 page(s)
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Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. They show that flaps—which are taken from the animals' belli...
Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. They show that flaps—which are taken from the animals' bellies and are often 50 percent fat—are not mere market transactions but evidence of the social nature of nutrition policies, illustrating and reinforcing Pacific Islanders' presumed second-class status relative to the white populations of Australia and New Zealand.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Deborah Gewertz, Frederick Errington
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Topic / Theme
Food and Commodities, Race and culture, Nutrition, Lamb (Meat), Food industry, Diet and food, Politics & Policy, Economics, Anthropology, Trade and Developing Nations, Agriculture, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2010 University of California Press
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China's Rise, Asia's Decline
written by William Bratton, fl. 2014 (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia), 2021, originally published 2021), 265 page(s)
China's rise will be long-term punitive for the rest of Asia. Across all aspects of Asian geopolitics and economics, China's ascendency to regional hegemonic status will result in the decline of its neighbours' political independence, economic dynamism and future growth potential. Any short-term benefits of China'...
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written by William Bratton, fl. 2014 (Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia), 2021, originally published 2021), 265 page(s)
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China's rise will be long-term punitive for the rest of Asia. Across all aspects of Asian geopolitics and economics, China's ascendency to regional hegemonic status will result in the decline of its neighbours' political independence, economic dynamism and future growth potential. Any short-term benefits of China's growth, such as increased trade, will be transitory. The longer-term implications of its emergence as the regional hegemon will be gr...
China's rise will be long-term punitive for the rest of Asia. Across all aspects of Asian geopolitics and economics, China's ascendency to regional hegemonic status will result in the decline of its neighbours' political independence, economic dynamism and future growth potential. Any short-term benefits of China's growth, such as increased trade, will be transitory. The longer-term implications of its emergence as the regional hegemon will be greater economic and financial dependencies and vulnerabilities, the large-scale shift of business activity to within its boundaries and its increasing geopolitical influence across the region. The challenge for China's neighbours is how to respond to these evolving dynamics, especially as their strategic options are increasingly limited and few of the potential future scenarios are long-term positive. China's rise, therefore, be Asia's decline.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
William Bratton, fl. 2014
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish International (Asia)
Topic / Theme
China's Economic Rise, International trade, Industrialization, International relations, Political influence, Economic conditions, Economics, Politics & Policy, Big Emerging Markets, Chinese, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Copyright © 2021 Marshall Cavendish International (Asia); Text © William Bratton
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