Foodways in the Twentieth-Century City

"Foodways in the Twentieth-Century City explores a fundamental question through the lens of the modern metropolis: How did the experience of food and eating evolve throughout the twentieth century? In answering this query, this Element examines significant changes in the production, distribution, and consumption of food in cities worldwide"--

List of contents

1. The enduring challenge: feeding the urban multitude; 2. Transforming urban diets: transoceanic trade and migration flows; 3. Feeding cities in times of scarcity; 4. A new food order tackles old urban dilemmas; 5. The taste of capitalism: supermarkets, convenience foods, and pervasive inequalities; References.

Summary

This Element explores the evolution of food experiences in cities over the twentieth century, focusing on changes in production, supply, and consumption. It explores foodways, food governance, and access inequality, highlighting the dynamic of food supply and consumption in urban areas, marked by abundance and scarcity.

Foreword

This Element explores urbanization and globalization's impact on food chains and consumption in cities in the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Maria-Aparecida Lopes, Maria-Aparecida (California State Universit Lopes, María Cecilia Zuleta
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2025
• EAN: 9781009060318
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906031-8
• No. of pages: 92
• Series: Elements in Global Urban History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Street Food, HISTORY / World, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Cultural studies: food and society