Food : multidisciplinary perspectives
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Food : multidisciplinary perspectives
（Wolfson College lectures）
Blackwell, 1994
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University Library for Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo図
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book, an international and multi-disciplinary team of academics reviews the recent research on food. Current food policies are assessed and their implications for both advanced and underdeveloped societies are set out in a style accessible to both specialists and informed general readers. The book covers the relation between diet and disease in conditions of affluence and of scarcity and famine; the symbolic, social and political meaning of food; gender issues; agricultural food production and poverty; industrial food production and the politics and regulation of its distribution; and international justice and its ethical basis.
Table of Contents
1. Food: Barbara Harriss-White (Wolfson College, Oxford). 2. The Nature of Food: Essential Requirements: Philip James (Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen). 3. The Evolution of Diets for Western Diseases: Stewart Truswell (University of Sydney). 4. Diseases of Diet in Affluent Societies: John Garrow (St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London). 5. Not Enough Food: Malnutrition and Famine: Philip Payne (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine). 6. Eating Enough Food: What Food Means: Sidney Mintz (Johns Hopkins University, USA). 7. Food Symbolism, Gender Power and the Family: Ann Whitehead (University of Sussex). 8. Food Production and Poverty: Michael Lipton (University of Sussex). 9. Food - Old and New - What Limitations?: Ross Buckland (Unigate plc, London). 10. The International Relations of Food: The Unfolding Crisis of National Regulation: Harriet Friedmann (University of Toronto). 11. International Law and the Right to Food: Philip Alston (Australian National University). 12. Hunger, Needs and Rights: Onora O'Neill (Newnham College, Cambridge).
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