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The Handbook of Food Research Edited by Anne Murcott, Warren Belasco and Peter Jackson This is the first handbook of specially commissioned essays to provide a comprehensive overview of social scientific and historical research on food, covering a range of topics and disciplines. With contributions drawn from eminent scholars across the social sciences, this volume will be essential reference for anyone involved in, and actively concerned about research on the social, political, economic, psychological, geographic and historical aspects of food. It will cater for all who need to be informed of previous and current research as well as pointing towards what should be done and, above all, illustrating what counts as research well done. Anne Murcott is Professorial Research Associate, Food Studies Centre, Department of Anthropology, SOAS and Honorary Professor, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK. Warren Belasco is Professor Emeritus of American Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA. Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK. August 2013 • 244 x 172mm • 544pp • 30 bw illus HB • 978 1 84788 916 4 • £80.00
CONTENTS SUMMARY Foreword, Sidney W. Mintz Section One: Historical Essentials Section Two: Frameworks of Provision: Production and Distribution Section Three: Eating Section Four: Contemporary Issues, Problems and Policy
Food Words Essays in Culinar y Culture Peter Jackson and the CONANX Group Advisory Editor: Warren Belasco Research-based but engagingly accessible, Food Words is an A-Z series of provocative essays on key topics in the dynamic field of food studies, focusing on current controversies and debates. Inspired by Raymond Williams, Food Words traces the multiple meanings of each of our keywords, tracking nuances in different academic, commercial and policy contexts. Mapping the dynamic meanings of each term, the book moves forward from critical assessment to active intervention – an attitude that is reflected in the lively, sometimes combative, style of the essays. Each essay is research-based and fully referenced but accessible to the general reader. Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK. Warren Belasco is Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, USA. March 2013 • 244 x 172mm • 352pp • 20 bw illus HB • 978 0 85785 195 6 • £60.00
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