A diet of austerity, Elaine Graham-Leigh
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A diet of austerity, Elaine Graham-Leigh
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235)
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
A diet of austerity
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919000311
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Elaine Graham-Leigh
Summary
Received wisdom is increasingly that we all have to eat less to save the planet, but received wisdom is wrong. 'A diet of austerity' argues that, just as the poor are blamed for the economic crisis, Malthusian conceptions about food and ecology are being used to hold the working class responsible for climate change and global hunger. Challenging existing dogmas about overconsumption and personal responsibility, it shows that what we need to stop climate change is system change.--, Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- 1. Working class blamed for world's ills -- 2. How the problem with food changed -- 3. Consumption, carrying capacity and class -- 4. Malthus and the war on the fat and the poor -- 5. Waste and the limits of capitalism -- 6. Beyond capitalism, and how we might get there
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