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Book Synopsis
A searing look at the socioeconomic, technological, and political forces that have transformed our food into edible commodities.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part 1: Food Environments from Palaeolithic Times

1 Between Producers and Eaters: A Dietary Regime Approach

2 Discordant Diets, Unhealthy People

3 From Neolithic to Capitalist Diets

Part 2: The Beginnings of the Industrial Diet, 1870-1949

4 From Patent Flour to Wheaties

5 Pushing Product for Profit: Early Branding

Part 3: The Intensification of the Industrial Diet, 1940-80

6 Speeding Up the Making of Food

7 The Simplification of Whole Food

8 Adulteration and the Rise of Pseudo Foods

9 The Spatial Colonization of the Industrial Diet: The Supermarket

10 Meals Away from Home: The Health Burden of Restaurant Chains

Part 4: Globalization and Resistance in the Neo-Liberal Era

11 The Industrial Diet Goes Global

12 Transformative Food Movements and the Struggle for Healthy Eating

13 Case Studies of a Transformative Food Movement

14 Towards a Sustainable and Ethical Health-Based Dietary Regime

Notes, Index

The Industrial Diet

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      Publisher University of British Columbia Press
      Published 11 June 2013
      ISBN-13 9780774825511
      978-0774825511
      ISBN-10 0774825510
      Also in:
      Human geography Dietetics and nutrition

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A searing look at the socioeconomic, technological, and political forces that have transformed our food into edible commodities.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Part 1: Food Environments from Palaeolithic Times

      1 Between Producers and Eaters: A Dietary Regime Approach

      2 Discordant Diets, Unhealthy People

      3 From Neolithic to Capitalist Diets

      Part 2: The Beginnings of the Industrial Diet, 1870-1949

      4 From Patent Flour to Wheaties

      5 Pushing Product for Profit: Early Branding

      Part 3: The Intensification of the Industrial Diet, 1940-80

      6 Speeding Up the Making of Food

      7 The Simplification of Whole Food

      8 Adulteration and the Rise of Pseudo Foods

      9 The Spatial Colonization of the Industrial Diet: The Supermarket

      10 Meals Away from Home: The Health Burden of Restaurant Chains

      Part 4: Globalization and Resistance in the Neo-Liberal Era

      11 The Industrial Diet Goes Global

      12 Transformative Food Movements and the Struggle for Healthy Eating

      13 Case Studies of a Transformative Food Movement

      14 Towards a Sustainable and Ethical Health-Based Dietary Regime

      Notes, Index

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