A foodie's guide to capitalism Understanding the political economy of what we eat

Eric Holt-Giménez

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Published
New York : Monthly Review Press [2017]
Language
English
Main Author
Eric Holt-Giménez (author)
Physical Description
280 pages ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9781583676592
9781583676608
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Do Foodies Need to Understand Capitalism?
  • 1. How Our Capitalist Food System Came to Be
  • 2. Food, A Special Commodity
  • 3. Land and Property
  • 4. Capitalism, Food, and Agriculture
  • 5. Power and Privilege in the Food System: Gender, Race, and Class
  • 6. Food, Capitalism, Crises, and Solutions
  • Conclusion: Changing Everything: Food, Capitalism, and the Challenges of Our Time
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Index