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A Place-Based Perspective of Food in Society

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  • © 2015

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  1. Kevin M. Fitzpatrick
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  2. Don Willis
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, Don Willis
      Pages 1-5

  5. The Context of Power and Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-141
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    2. The Political Economy of Food and Agriculture in the United States and Russia

      • Susanne A. Wengle
      Pages 143-163

    3. Power and Place in Food Systems: From Global to Local

      • Savannah Larimore, Vaughn Schmutz
      Pages 165-185

    4. The Death of Distance: Food Deserts Across the Global Divide

      • Meredith Gartin
      Pages 187-200

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 267-281
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About this book

This book provides an outstanding collection of interdisciplinary and international essays examining the food-place relationship. It explores such topics as the history of food and agriculture, the globalization and localization of food, and the role of place in defining the broader societal consequences of this ever-changing phenomena.

About the authors

Kaitland M. Byrd, Virgina Tech, USA Meredith Gartin, Arizona State University, USA Leslie Hossfeld, University of North Carolina - Wilmington, USA E. Brooke Kelly, University of North Carolina - Pembroke, USA Janna L. Lafferty, Florida International University, USA Savannah Larimore, University of Washington, USA Kathleen LeBesco, Marymount Manhattan College, USA Carlos J. Maya-Ambía, National Autonomous University of Mexico, USA Marcel Mazoyer, AgroParisTech, France Peter Naccarato, Marymount Manhattan College, USA Laurence Roudart, Université Libre de Bruxelles, USA Vaughn Schmutz, University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA Jennifer Sumner, OISE/University of Toronto, Canada Amanda Smith, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA Mark B. Tauger, West Virginia University, USA Andria D. Timmer, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA Julia Waity, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA Susanne Wengle, University of Chicago, USA

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