Food or War
Cribb, Julian2019
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Ours is the Age of Food. Food is a central obsession in all cultures, nations, the media, and society. Our future supply of food is filled with risk, and history tells us that lack of food leads to war. But it also presents us with spectacular opportunities for fresh human creativity and technological prowess. Julian Cribb describes a new food system capable of meeting our global needs on this hot and overcrowded planet. This book is for anyone concerned about the health, safety, affordability, diversity, and sustainability of their food - and the peace of our planet. It is not just timely - its message is of the greatest urgency. Audiences include consumers, 'foodies', policymakers, researchers, cooks, chefs and farmers. Indeed, anyone who cares about their food, where it comes from and what it means for them, their children and grandchildren.
Main title:
Food or War / Julian Cribb.
Author:
Imprint:
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Collation:
xiii, 336 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
1.Food and Conflict: Premonitions -- The Crimson Thread -- Food Empires -- Here Come the Long Ships -- Food and the Rise of China -- Food and India -- Food and War -- Fear of Famine -- 2.War and Hunger -- The Thirty Years' War -- Food and Revolution -- Killing Farmers -- Rice Catastrophe -- World War I -- World War II -- India and Partition -- Categories of Food Conflict -- 3.The Strategic Importance of Food, Land and Water -- Dry Times -- Land Losses -- Climate Change: Threat Multiplier -- 4.Is `Agriculture' Sustainable? -- Agriculture and Climate -- Food and Poison -- Agriculture and Extinction -- The Great Meat Debate -- Why Farmers Need a Payrise -- Novel Farming Systems -- 5.Hotspots for Food Conflict in the Twentyfirst Century -- Recent Food Conflicts -- Future Food Wars -- The Human Tide -- 6.Food as an Existential Risk -- Extinction and Ecological Collapse -- Resource Scarcity -- Weapons of Mass Destruction -- Climate Change -- Poisoned Planet -- Food Security -- Pandemic Disease -- Population and Megacity Failure -- Uncontrolled Supertechnologies -- Self-Delusion -- Solving the Risks -- 7.Food for Peace -- Hunger and Conflict -- Eco-Wars -- The Price of War -- Hunger and Peace -- Swords into Ploughshares -- 8.Urban Dreams and Nightmares -- Homo urbanus -- The Nutrient Crisis -- Urban Food Loops -- Green Cities -- Urban Permaculture -- Stewards of the Earth -- Wise Consumers -- 9.The Future of Food -- Ecological Farming -- Aquafoods -- The Urban Food Revolution -- Biocultures -- Exploring an Unexplored Planet -- The Age of Food -- 10.Conclusion: Key Recommendations of this Book.
ISBN:
9781108712903
Dewey class:
338.19
Language:
English
BRN:
363289
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Environment | 338.19 CRI | Available |