{"product_id":"food-fights-how-history-matters-to-contemporary-food-debates-9781469652894","title":"Food Fights: How History Matters to Contemporary Food Debates","description":"What we eat, where it is from, and how it is produced are vital questions in today's America. We think seriously about food because it is freighted with the hopes, fears, and anxieties of modern life. Yet critiques of food and food systems all too often sprawl into jeremiads against modernity itself, while supporters of the status quo refuse to acknowledge the problems with today's methods of food production and distribution. \u003ci\u003eFood Fights\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on these crucial debates, using a historical lens. Its essays take strong positions, even arguing with one another, as they explore the many themes and tensions that define how we understand our food--from the promises and failures of agricultural technology to the politics of taste.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to the editors, contributors include Ken Albala, Amy Bentley, Charlotte Biltekoff, Peter A. Coclanis, Tracey Deutsch, S. Margot Finn, Rachel Laudan, Sarah Ludington, Margaret Mellon, Steve Striffler, and Robert T. Valgenti.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Ludington is teaching associate professor of history at North Carolina State University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew Morse Booker is associate professor of history at North Carolina State University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50670701674770,"sku":"9781469652894","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bae5ae3c-14cc-469d-ad1a-4c0c409d761b.jpg?v=1733787714","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/food-fights-how-history-matters-to-contemporary-food-debates-9781469652894","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}