French beans and food scares [[electronic resource] ] : culture and commerce in an anxious age / / Susanne Freidberg

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450309303321
• Autore: Freidberg Susanne <1966->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, N.Y., : Oxford University Press, 2004
• ISBN: 0-19-756218-3; 1-280-53449-4; 1-4237-2059-8; 0-19-534699-8; 1-4337-0047-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Collana: Oxford scholarship online
• Disciplina: 382/.41/094
• Soggetti: Produce trade - Government policy - England; Horticultural products industry - Government policy - England; Produce trade - Government policy - France; Horticultural products industry - Government policy - France; Produce trade - Government policy - Africa; Horticultural products industry - Government policy - Africa; Produce trade - Government policy - United States; Horticultural products industry - Government policy - United States; Produce trade - Government policy - Developing countries; Horticultural products industry - Government policy - Developing countries; Food adulteration and inspection - International cooperation; Horticultural products - Inspection - International cooperation; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Previously issued in print: 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-259) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; 1 The Global Green Bean and Other Tales of Madness; 2 Feeding the Nation: The Making of Modern Food Provisioning; 3 Burkina Faso: Rural Development and Patronage; 4 Zambia: Settler Colonialism and Corporate Paternalism; 5 France: Expertise and Friendship; 6 Britain: Brands and Standards; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: From mad cows to McDonaldisation to genetically modified maize, European food scares and controversies at the turn of the millennium provoked anxieties about the perils hidden in an increasingly industrialised, internationalised food supply. These food fears have cast a shadow as long as Africa, where farmers struggle to meet European demand for the certifiably clean green bean. Britain and France still do business mostly with their former colonies, in ways that differ as dramatically as their national cuisines. French Beans and Food Scares explores the cultural economies of two "non-traditional" commodity trades between Africa and Europe - one anglophone, the other francophone - in order to show not only why they differ but also how both have felt the fall-out of the wealthy world's food scares.