Food power : the rise and fall of the postwar American food system /

McDonald, Bryan

Food power : the rise and fall of the postwar American food system / Bryan L. McDonald - New York, NY : OUP, 2017 - x, 251 pages ; 25 cm

SIP1712

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: food power, the food network, and American security -- Freedom from want: creating a postwar food system -- Fixed stomachs and convenience foods: abundance and food in the 1950s -- Freedom to farm: prosperity, security, and "the farm problem" in the 1950s -- What to eat after an atomic bomb: deploying food power defensively -- Food for peace and the war on hunger: food power in the 1960s -- The world food crisis and the end of the postwar food system -- Conclusion: the past, present, and future of world food problems.

9780190600686 0190600683


food--agriculture--security--population--economic policy--diplomacy--history--politics--USA

food supply