The problem with feeding cities the social transformation of infrastructure, abundance, and inequality in America / Andrew Deener.
| Author/creator | Deener, Andrew |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020] |
| Description | xii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The Transformation of the Food System -- The Rise and Fall of the Urban Middlemen -- Infrastructural Exclusion -- The Bar Code: A Micro-technical Force of Change -- Defeating Seasons: Reassembling the Produce Aisle -- Cracks in the System -- Food Distribution as Unfinished Infrastructure -- The Problem with Feeding Cities -- Acknowledgments -- Methods appendix: strategic variation and historical excavation -- Notes -- References -- Index. |
| Abstract | "For some, grocery shopping is an activity woven seamlessly into daily life. They make lists of foods they enjoy preparing and eating throughout the week, stopping by a market where we seek out the best deals and freshest foods among the broad range of items on display. However, access to this abundance is wildly unequal. Many Americans make long commutes to seek out affordable food, visiting corner stores for dry goods and distant markets for fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats. Poor people, and especially people of color, have significantly less access to the affordable bounty of large grocery stores. The Problems with Feeding Cities charts the massive infrastructures and systems that make it possible to consistently buy a wide range of groceries in one place for an affordable price and the communities that have been left behind in this food revolution. Tracing the growth of technologies including bar codes and storage facilities, networks such as distribution chains and transit systems, and social organizations including food banks and farmers markets, this book illuminates the long social history of today's urban food deserts. The unequal distribution of food and resources is closely linked to the rise and explosive growth of American cities, and the infrastructures that accompanied them affect us still"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020008790 |
| ISBN | 9780226702919 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9780226703077 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |