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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"History of Food"”.
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"Too Poor to Eat": A Socio-Political History of Food Stamps in the United States, 1964-1996
Signed on August 31, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson’s Food Stamp Act intended to deal with farmer surplus and provide a more nutritious diet for all Americans. Run by the United States Department of Agriculture, and operated as an agriculture program, food stamps remained separated from Johnson’s War on …
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The Soviet Farm Complex : industrial agriculture in a Socialist context, 1945-1965
"The Soviet Farm Complex" is a history of food, farming and the environment in the postwar Soviet Union. It tells the story of how different technical and institutional authorities created an industrial Soviet countryside in the generation after World War II. Beyond the leadership of the Soviet …
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Seafood and the American Food System
The fundamental aim of this thesis is to explore how marine species declines have changed the structures of the American food system. It does so through three case studies. The first focuses on the gradual decline of American oyster populations on both the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts over the late …
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Fresh Squeezed: The Dilemma of Local Food Production Along Colorado's Front Range Urban Corridor
<p>Today, the Front Range Urban Corridor of Colorado is one example from the urban/agricultural battlefield. The history of food production and urbanization in this area is similar to many regions throughout the western United States. Originally an extraction based economy, Colorado later became …
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'Food, Body Weight, and Everyday Life in England, c. 1954–1990'
This thesis examines changing social attitudes to food and body weight in England in the period 1954 to 1990. It draws on ‘food-themed’ life history interviews with thirty men and women, together with Mass Observation directives and sociological surveys, to highlight the value of integrating …
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Building agriculture: an architectural investigation of a new urban farm type to establish food sovereignty In Regent Park, Toronto
… have adequate access to healthy and affordable food1 Across the country this issue is even more prevalent in urban centers compared to rural areas2 .Considering that by 2050, it is estimated that 68% of the world’s population will live in cities, more needs to be done in order to ensure proper …