Fast Food/Slow Food
The Cultural Economy of the Global Food System
Business & Finance, Economics, Comparative Economics, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780759114135 | |
| Publisher: | AltaMira Press | Publication: | August 25, 2006 |
| Imprint: | AltaMira Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780759114135 |
| Publisher: | AltaMira Press |
| Publication: | August 25, 2006 |
| Imprint: | AltaMira Press |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
