Description
About the Author
Janet Poppendieck is Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York. She is the author of Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement and Breadlines Knee Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression.
Reviews
"Meticulously researched, patiently explicated, potentially groundbreaking... Should be required reading for everyone who eats food, buys food, has kids, or cares about nutrition." Bookforum "Sophisticated and nuanced." -- Michael O'Donnell The Washington Monthly "[An] excellent, informative book... Poppendieck's research is extensive and meaningful." -- Lisa Sasson Gastronomica "A masterful work of public sociology that is likely to play an important role." -- Heather Sullivan-Caitlin Teaching Sociology
Book Information
ISBN 9780520269880
Author Janet Poppendieck
Format Paperback
Page Count 368
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 23mm