04426nam 22010334a 450 991078441980332120210603195613.01-281-75255-X0-520-94046-697866117525520-520-90400-110.1525/9780520940468(CKB)1000000000354334(EBL)291349(OCoLC)476049727(SSID)ssj0000199792(PQKBManifestationID)11171798(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000199792(PQKBWorkID)10196766(PQKB)10387301(MiAaPQ)EBC291349(OCoLC)123767968(MdBmJHUP)muse30629(DE-B1597)521104(OCoLC)1096455705(DE-B1597)9780520940468(Au-PeEL)EBL291349(CaPaEBR)ebr10170963(CaONFJC)MIL175255(EXLCZ)99100000000035433420051216d2006 ub 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrMeals to come[electronic resource] a history of the future of food /Warren BelascoBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (397 p.)California studies in food and culture ;16Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24151-7 0-520-25035-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-331) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --PREFACE --PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD: THE BATTLE OF THE THINK TANKS --PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD: SPECULATIVE FICTION --PART III. THINGS TO COME: THREE CORNUCOPIAN FUTURES --POSTSCRIPT --NOTES --SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY --ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --INDEXIn this provocative and lively addition to his acclaimed writings on food, Warren Belasco takes a sweeping look at a little-explored yet timely topic: humanity's deep-rooted anxiety about the future of food. People have expressed their worries about the future of the food supply in myriad ways, and here Belasco explores a fascinating array of material ranging over two hundred years-from futuristic novels and films to world's fairs, Disney amusement parks, supermarket and restaurant architecture, organic farmers' markets, debates over genetic engineering, and more. Placing food issues in this deep historical context, he provides an innovative framework for understanding the future of food today-when new prophets warn us against complacency at the same time that new technologies offer promising solutions. But will our grandchildren's grandchildren enjoy the cornucopian bounty most of us take for granted? This first history of the future to put food at the center of the story provides an intriguing perspective on this question for anyone-from general readers to policy analysts, historians, and students of the future-who has wondered about the future of life's most basic requirement.California studies in food and culture ;16.Food supplyFoodHistory20th century american culture.20th century american food history.american studies.cooking.culinary.disney amusements parks.disney world.disneyland.dystopia.farmers markets.food and innovation.food and technology.food security.food supply.food writings.food.future of food.futuristic films.futuristic novels.gastronomy.genetic engineering.gmos.human anxiety.humanity.organic foods.restaurants.social anxiety.supermarkets.utopia.Food supply.FoodHistory.641.3009Belasco Warren James1479210MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784419803321Meals to come3695218UNINA