FOOD NEW BOOKS DECEMBER 2013 TO APRIL 2015
The Food History Reader
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Primary Sources Edited by Ken Albala “An indispensable collection of historical documents, with rich treasures and surprises on every page!” Warren Belasco, University of Maryland, USA This essential reader spans the globe from classical antiquity to the present, offering substantive primary source selections from cookbooks, fiction, gastronomic and dietary treatises and a wide range of food writing. Offering an introduction to each period with extensive commentary and interpretive strategies, the reader provides undigested extracts for the student who needs immediate contact with the ideas of the past. Texts illustrate the various ways religion, politics, social structure, health and agricultural policy shaped what people ate in the past and offer instructive ways to think about the evolution of contemporary food systems.
The textbook Food and Folklore Reader
Geographies of Food
Edited by Lucy M. Long
Moya Kneafsey, Damian Maye, Lewis Holloway and Mike Goodman
The first comprehensive introduction to folklore methods and concepts relevant to food, spanning the entire discipline with key sources drawn from around the globe. Internationally respected editor Lucy M. Long offers expert commentary and rich learning features to aid teaching. Definitive in scale and scope, the reader covers the history of food in folklore scholarship whilst also highlighting food studies approaches and concepts for folklore readers. The Reader offers: • Expansive coverage, from groundbreaking yet often inaccessible works to cutting-edge scholarship • Additional features and resources, including sample assignments and further reading LUCY M. LONG has a PhD in Folklore and Folklife, an M.A. in Ethnomusicology.
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An Introduction
Through international case studies Geographies of Food provides an overview of the complex relationships between people and processes at a range of geographical scales, from the shopping decisions of a mother in a British supermarket, to the crop choices made by a farmer in West Africa; from high level political negotiations at the World Trade Organization, to the strategies of giant agri-businesses whose activities span several continents. MOYA KNEAFSEY is a Reader in Human Geography and teaches Agro-Food Geographies and Global Sustainability at Coventry University, UK. DAMIAN MAYE is a Senior Research Fellow at the Countryside and Community Research Institute, University of the West of England, UK. LEWIS HOLLOWAY is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography, University of Hull, UK. MIKE GOODMAN is Senior Lecturer in Geography at King's College London, UK.
KEN ALBALA is Professor of History at the University of the Pacific, USA.
UK June 2014 / US August 2014 536 Pages PB 9780857854131 £24.99 / $42.95 HB 9780857854124 £75.00 / $140.00
UK March 2015 / US May 2015 512 Pages / 20 bw illus PB 9780857856999 £22.99 / $39.95 HB 9780857857231 £70.00 / $120.00
UK March 2015 / US May 2015 352 Pages / 65 colour illus PB 9780857854582 £24.99 / $42.95 HB 9780857854575 £75.00 / $140.00
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