{"product_id":"a-cultural-history-of-food-in-the-modern-age-9780857850287","title":"A Cultural History of Food in the Modern Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yuki Shiwasu\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the modern age (1920-2000), vast technological innovation spurred greater concentration, standardization, and globalization of the food supply. As advances in agricultural production in the post-World War II era propelled population growth, a significant portion of the population gained access to cheap, industrially produced food while significant numbers remained mired in hunger and malnutrition. Further, as globalization allowed unprecedented access to foods from all parts of the globe, it also hastened environmental degradation, contributed to poor health, and remained a key\u003cbr\u003eelement in global politics, economics and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Cultural History of Food in the Modern Age\u003c\/i\u003e presents an overview of the period with essays on food production, food systems, food security, safety and crises, food and politics, eating out, professional cooking, kitchens and service work, family and domesticity, body and soul, representations of food, and developments in food production and consumption globally.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48232149516439,"sku":"9780857850287","price":13983.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780857850287.webp?v=1788795895","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-cultural-history-of-food-in-the-modern-age-9780857850287","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}