Ebook: Meals to come a history of the future of food

Preface; PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD; 1 The Stakes in Our Steaks; 2 The Debate: Will the World Run Out of Food?; 3 The Deep Structure of the Debate; PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD; 4 The Utopian Caveat; 5 Dystopias; PART III. THINGS TO COME; 6 The Classical Future; 7 The Modernist Future; 8 The Recombinant Future; Postscript; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index;In this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years-from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this d.