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Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took On the Food Industry

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Description for Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took On the Food Industry Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: KNDF; TTVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.

In this engaging inquiry, originally published in 1989 and now fully updated for the twenty-first century, Warren J. Belasco considers the rise of the "countercuisine" in the 1960s, the subsequent success of mainstream businesses in turning granola, herbal tea, and other "revolutionary" foodstuffs into profitable products; the popularity of vegetarian and vegan diets; and the increasing availability of organic foods.

From reviews of the previous edition:

"Although Red Zinger never became our national drink, food and eating changed in America as a result of the social revolution of the 1960s. According to Warren Belasco, there was political ferment at the ... Read more

"This book documents not only how cultural rebels created a new set of foodways, brown rice and all, but also how American capitalists commercialized these innovations to their own economic advantage. Along the way, the author discusses the significant relationship between the rise of a 'countercuisine' and feminism, environmentalism, organic agriculture, health consciousness, the popularity of ethnic cuisine, radical economic theory, granola bars, and Natural Lite Beer. Never has history been such a good read!"—The Digest: A Review for the Interdisciplinary Study of Food

"Now comes an examination of... the sweeping change in American eating habits ushered in by hippiedom in rebellion against middle-class America.... Appetite for Change tells how the food industry co-opted the health-food craze, discussing such hip capitalists as the founder of Celestial Seasonings teas; the rise of health-food cookbooks; how ethnic cuisine came to enjoy new popularity; and how watchdog agencies like the FDA served, arguably, more often as sleeping dogs than as vigilant ones."—Publishers Weekly

"A challenging and sparkling book.... In Belasco's analysis, the ideology of an alternative cuisine was the most radical thrust of the entire counterculture and the one carrying the most realistic and urgently necessary blueprint for structural social change."—Food and Foodways

"Here is meat, or perhaps miso, for those who want an overview of the social and economic forces behind the changes in our food supply.... This is a thought-provoking and pioneering examination of recent events that are still very much part of the present."—Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Letter

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801473296
SKU
V9780801473296
Shipping Time
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About Warren J. Belasco
Warren J. Belasco is Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food and Americans on the Road: From Autocamp to Motel and the coeditor of Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies.

Reviews for Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took On the Food Industry
Appetite for Change is a definitive account of how the sixties' counterculture changed the way we eat.
Michael Pollan
The Omnivore's Dilemma

Goodreads reviews for Appetite for Change: How the Counterculture Took On the Food Industry


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