Anthropology of Food: The Social Dynamics of Food SecurityISBN: 978-0-7456-1534-9
Paperback
240 pages
August 1999, Polity
This is a Print-on-Demand title. It will be printed specifically to fill your order. Please allow an additional 10-15 days delivery time. The book is not returnable.
|
* An important and wide-ranging new account of food production and
famine in the world today.
* Highlights the gap between the everyday struggles of food producers and the actions of policy makers, arguing that agricultural officials too often ignore the knowledge and expertise of the local food producers.
* Keeping jargon to a minimum, the text is accessible to the full range of professionals - academics and policy-makers - concerned with ensuring reliable food production and supply throughout the world.
* Highlights the gap between the everyday struggles of food producers and the actions of policy makers, arguing that agricultural officials too often ignore the knowledge and expertise of the local food producers.
* Keeping jargon to a minimum, the text is accessible to the full range of professionals - academics and policy-makers - concerned with ensuring reliable food production and supply throughout the world.