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Hardback. Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early 21st century clearly demonstrate that food remains a pressing challenge which has significant implications for security. Series: Dimensions of Security. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648071
ISBN
9780745648071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.77

Paperback. Throughout history, human societies have struggled to ensure that all people have access to sufficient food to lead active and healthy lives. Despite great global effort, events of the early 21st century clearly demonstrate that food remains a pressing challenge which has significant implications for security. Series: Dimensions of Security. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; KNDF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648088
ISBN
9780745648088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.68

Hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Maddox A.; Hernandez, Francisco E. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620817162
ISBN
9781620817162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 236.84
€ 160.69

Paperback. Editor(s): Desmarais, Annette Aurelie; Wiebe, Nettie; Wittman, Hannah. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781552664438
ISBN
9781552664438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. A guide to doing research in the burgeoning field of food studies. It details the predominant research methods in the field, provides a series of interactive questions and templates to help guide a project, and includes suggestions for food-specific resources such as archives, libraries and reference works. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: GPS; JFCV; JHBC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845206819
ISBN
9781845206819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.72

Paperback. Uses four case studies to examine food rationing policies, practices, and results in the United States and South Australia. Tamara Levi explores how differences in environment, indigenous and colonial populations, and overall indigenous policies impacted the rationales for and implementation of food rationing as a tool for forced acculturation. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729643
ISBN
9780896729643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.08

Uses four case studies to examine food rationing policies, practices, and results in the United States and South Australia. Tamara Levi explores how differences in environment, indigenous and colonial populations, and overall indigenous policies impacted the rationales for and implementation of food rationing as a tool for forced acculturation. Series: Plains Histories Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Texas Tech Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896729636
ISBN
9780896729636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.17

Paperback. Food, Ethics, and Society: An Introductory Text with Readings presents seventy-three readings that address real-world ethical issues at the forefront of the food ethics debate. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199321742
ISBN
9780199321742
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 141.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 9 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; JFCV; JHBK; JHBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857855084
ISBN
9780857855084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.85

Hardback. .
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442251298
ISBN
9781442251298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.40
€ 66.41

Hardback. Editor(s): Szabo, Michelle; Koch, Shelley L. Series Editor(s): Cox, Rosie; Buchli, Victor. Series: HOME. Num Pages: 280 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSJ2; JHB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474262323
ISBN
9781474262323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 95.86

Hardback. Food, Media and Contemporary Culture is designed to interrogate the cultural fascination with food as the focus of a growing number of visual texts that reveal the deep, psychological relationship that each of us has with rituals of preparing, presenting and consuming food and images of food. Editor(s): Bradley, Peri. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137463227
ISBN
9781137463227
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.46

This book is about the risk politics of food safety. It offers a lively and exceptionally readable account of food safety and risk that examines media treatment of the issue and makes the case for a fully open public debate. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719072307
ISBN
9780719072307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.56

Hardback. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, Food: A Culinary History is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present. Editor(s): Flandrin, Jean-Louis; Montanari, Massimo. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 624 pages, 34 photographs. BIC Classification: HBT; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111546
ISBN
9780231111546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.94

Paperback. Exploring culinary evolution and eating habits in a cornucopia of cultures from ancient Mesopotamia to modern America and from the Byzantine Empire to Jewish Mediterranean culture in the Middle Ages, Food: A Culinary History is a rich banquet for readers. Culinary customs, the writers reveal, offer great insight into societies past and present. Editor(s): Flandrin, Jean-Louis; Montanari, Massimo. Translator(s): Sonnenfeld, Albert. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 624 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 172 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111553
ISBN
9780231111553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199661084
ISBN
9780199661084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 276 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: JFCV; JHB; JHMC; KNSH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138015128
ISBN
9781138015128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The New Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595587909
ISBN
9781595587909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
New Press, The
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595589781
ISBN
9781595589781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.20

Hardback. The state of Yucatan has its own distinct culinary tradition, and local people are constantly thinking and talking about food. They use it as a vehicle for social relations but also to distinguish themselves from "Mexicans." This book examines the politics surrounding regional cuisine.. Series: CEDLA Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 324 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; JFCV; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452207
ISBN
9780857452207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.86

Hardcover. This in-depth study focuses on the Bosmun of Daiden, a Ramu River people in an under-represented area in the ethnography of Papua New Guinea, uncovering the conceptual convergence of local notions of relatedness, foodways, and empathy. Series: Person, Space and Memory in the Contemporary Pacific. Num Pages: 332 pages, 25 ills, 4 figs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFCV; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857459190
ISBN
9780857459190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Paperback. * Inside the financial crisis as the bankers themseves rode the boom and fell with the crash, from the first UK journalist to predict it * Updated for this edition Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BT; JFFX; KFFK; KFFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Abacus
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349121895
ISBN
9780349121895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.85

Hardback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252040948
ISBN
9780252040948
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.85

Paperback. Series: Feminist Media Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFD; JFFK; WSJS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082443
ISBN
9780252082443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

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