Food in global history

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Tables and Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
1 Food and Global History......Page 12
Part 1 The History of Food in Global Perspectives......Page 42
2 Circles of Growing and Eating: The Political Ecology of Food and Agriculture......Page 44
3 The Impact of New World Food Crops on the Diet and Economy of China and India, 1600—1900......Page 69
4 All the World\'s a Restaurant: On the Global Gastronomies of Tourism and Travel......Page 90
5 On \"Cabbages and Kings\": The Politics of Jewish Identity inPost-Colonial French Society and Cuisine......Page 103
Part 2 Public Policy and Global Science......Page 118
6 Food Policies, Nutrition Policies, and their Influence on Processes of Change: European Examples......Page 120
7 Food Policy Research in a Global Context: The West African Sahel......Page 142
8 Childhood Nutrition in Developing Countries and Its Policy Consequences......Page 160
Part 3 Global Systems and Human Diet......Page 180
9 Food System Globalization, Eating Transformations, and Nutrition Transitions......Page 182
10 Fat and Sugar in the Global Diet: Dietary Diversity in the Nutrition Transition......Page 205
11 The \'Mad Cow\' Crisis: A Global Perspective......Page 218
Part 4 Eating Together Globally......Page 226
12 The Family Meal and Its Significance in Global Times......Page 228
13 We Eat Each Other\'s Food to Nourish our Body:The Global and the Local as Mutually Constituent Forces......Page 251
14 Food and the Counterculture: A Story of Bread and Politics......Page 284
List of Contributors......Page 304