| Fast Food/Slow Food: The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System Contributor(s): Wilk, Richard (Editor), Banwell, Cathy (Contribution by), Bestor, Theodore C. (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 075910915X ISBN-13: 9780759109155 Publisher: Altamira Press OUR PRICE: $52.47 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offer a cultural perspective that is mising in other economic and developmental studies, and provide rich ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. This new book will appeal to professionals in economic and environmental anthropology economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior, nutritional sciences, environmental sustainability, and globalization studies. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Business & Economics | Industries - General - Business & Economics | Economics - Comparative |
| Dewey: 338.476 |
| LCCN: 2006010813 |
| Series: Society for Economic Anthropology Monographs |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.36" W x 8.94" (0.98 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Wilk and his colleagues draw upon their own international field experience to examine how food systems are changing around the globe. The authors offer a cultural perspective that is mising in other economic and developmental studies, and provide rich ethnographic data on markets, industrial production, and food economies. This new book will appeal to professionals in economic and environmental anthropology: economic development, agricultural economics, consumer behavior, nutritional sciences, environmental sustainability, and globalization studies. |