Food and Globalization: Consumption, Markets and Politics in the Modern WorldAlexander Nuetzenadel, Frank Trentmann Food has a special significance in the expanding field of global history. Food markets were the first to become globally integrated, linking distant cultures of the world, and in no other area have the interactions between global exchange and local cultural practices been as pronounced as in changing food cultures. In this wide-ranging and fascinating book, the authors provide an historical overview of the relationship between food and globalization in the modern world. Together, the chapters of this book provide a fresh perspective on both global history and food studies. As such, this book will be of interest to a wide range of students and scholars of history, food studies, sociology, anthropology and globalization. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
Part I Evolution and Diversity | 19 |
2 Food Culture and Energy | 21 |
3 The Global Consumption of Hot Beverages c1500 to c1900 | 37 |
4 The Limits of Globalization? | 57 |
5 Commercial Rice Cultivation and the Regional Economy of Southeastern Asia 18501950 | 75 |
Part II Diffusion and Identities | 91 |
6 A Taste of Home | 93 |
Part III Transnational Knowledge and Actors | 151 |
9 A Green International? | 153 |
10 Starvation Science | 173 |
11 Illusions of Global Governance | 193 |
Part IV Trade and Moralities | 213 |
12 Postcolonial Paradoxes | 215 |
13 Connections and Responsibilities | 235 |
14 Before Fair Trade | 253 |
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