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Author:

Albritton, Robert, 1941-

Title:

Let them eat junk : how capitalism creates hunger and obesity / Robert Albritton.

Publisher:

Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xii, 259 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Food supply--Economic aspects.
Food supply--Political aspects.
Nutrition policy.
Capitalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-250) and index.

Contents:

pt. I: Introduction. Introduction -- pt. II: Understanding capitalism. The management of agriculture and food by capital's deep structures -- The phase of consumerism and the US roots of the current agriculture and food regimes -- pt. III: The historical analysis of the US-centred global food regime. The food regime and consumers' health -- The health of agriculture and food workers -- Agriculture, food provisioning, and the environment -- Food, marketing, and choice in the United States -- Corporate power, food, and liberal democracy -- pt. IV: Conclusions. Agriculture food, and the fight for democracy, social justice, health, and sustainability.

ISBN:

0745328067 (pbk.)
9780745328065 (pbk.)
9780745328072 (hbk.)
0745328075 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316771998

LCCN:

2009284760

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)