{"product_id":"food-politics-and-society-social-theory-and-the-modern-food-system-9780520291959","title":"Food, Politics, and Society: Social Theory and the Modern Food System","description":"Food and drink has been a focal point of modern social theory since the inception of agrarian capitalism and the industrial revolution. From Adam Smith to Mary Douglas, major thinkers have used key concepts such as identity, exchange, culture, and class to explain the modern food system. \u003ci\u003eFood, Politics, and Society\u003c\/i\u003e offers a historical and sociological survey of how these various ideas and the practices that accompany them have shaped our understanding and organization of the production, processing, preparation, serving, and consumption of food and drink in modern societies. Divided into twelve chapters and drawing on a wide range of historical and empirical illustrations, this book provides a concise, informed, and accessible survey of the interaction between social theory and food and drink. It is perfect for courses in a wide range of disciplines.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlejandro \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCol?s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis a Reader in International Relations at Birkbeck College, University of London, and is Director of the postgraduate program on International Security and Global Governance. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInternational Civil Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Edwards\u003c\/b\u003e is a Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London, and is Program Director of the MSc in Social and Political Theory. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Radical Attitude and Modern Political Theory\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of \u003ci\u003eRetrieving the Big Society\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Levi\u003c\/b\u003e is a Visiting Research Fellow in History at King's College, London, and is King's Mount Vernon Fellow 2017-18. She has contributed to numerous scholarly volumes on food including the \u003ci\u003eOxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSage Encyclopedia of Food Issues\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSami Zubaida \u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London, and is a Fellow of Birkbeck College, Research Associate of the London Middle East Institute, and Professorial Research Associate of the Food Studies Centre at SOAS. His books include \u003ci\u003eIslam, the People and the State: Political Ideas and Movements in the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319042965778,"sku":"9780520291959","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_915b6a4d-8b09-4ec0-915e-4549d6391082.jpg?v=1748522497","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/food-politics-and-society-social-theory-and-the-modern-food-system-9780520291959","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}