Geography of Digestion - Biotechnology and the Kellogg Cereal Enterprise

“Nicholas Bauch navigates the reader from the microscale of bodily organs and bacteria to the macroscale of the nation. Written in engaging and lucid prose, A Geography of Digestion blurs the boundaries between inside and outside, between the inner geographies of the human body and their projection on the landscape. Thoroughly researched, captivating, and compellingly geographical, this is one of those rare academic books you will find hard to put down.”—Veronica della Dora, Royal Holloway, University of London
 
“A Geography of Digestion tells a fascinating story that connects the Kelloggs; the rise of the Adventist tradition; the Battle Creek Sanitarium; new scientific ideas about nature, nutrition, health, and agriculture; germ theory; waste disposal infrastructure; and a variety of emerging technologies and economies. I know of no other work that draws such rich connections for this moment in time. Scholarly and lay readers alike will enjoy Bauch’s talent for writing the body, technology, and socio-nature.”—Dawn Day Biehler, author of Pests in the City: Flies, Bedbugs, Cockroaches, and Rats

About the author

Nicholas Bauch is Assistant Professor of Geohumanities in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability at the University of Oklahoma.

Summary

Asking his readers to think about mapping the processes and locations of digestion, the author moves outward from the stomach to the sanitarium and through the landscape, clarifying the relationship between food, body, and environment at a crucial moment in the emergence of American health food sensibilities.

Additional text

"Taking a step back to consider the bigger picture—restoring historical depth and geographic breadth to ideas about eating badly—lets us see how certain interests have converged to make salty/sugary snacks not just strategic staples for households that cannot access fresh produce, but cherished parts of the cultural iconography. Nicholas Bauch does exactly this in his fascinating A Geography of Digestion: Biotechnology and the Kellogg Cereal Enterprise."

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Bauch, Bauch Nicholas
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780520285798
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28579-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: California Studies in Food & Culture; California Studies in Food and; California Studies in Food and Culture
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, 20th Century, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, 21st Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Food & society, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Manufacturing industries, Cultural studies: food and society, Food Manufacturing & Related Industries