Food in society : economy, culture, geography / Peter Atkins and Ian Bowler.

Includes biliographical references and index.

-- part 1. Hors d'oeuvre. A background to food studies -- part 2. The political economy of food. Introduction -- Food regimes as an organizing concept -- Globalization and food networks -- Transformation of the farm sector -- Food processing and manufacturing -- Food marketing and the consumer -- part 3. Global and geopolitical food issues. Introduction -- Food production and population -- Malnutrition, hunger, and famine -- Food surpluses -- Food security -- Food, world trade, and geopolitics -- part 4. A political ecology of food. Introduction -- Food quality -- Food and health -- From the Green Revolution to the Gene Revolution -- Food ethics, food policies, and civil society -- part 5. Food consumption spaces. Introduction -- Factors in food consumption -- The origins of taste -- Food habits, beliefs, and taboos -- Food, gender, and domestic spaces -- part 6. Conclusion.