Public History and the Food Movement - Adding the Missing Ingredient (Paperback)

Public History and the Food Movement argues that today's broad interest in making food systems fairer, healthier, and more sustainable offers a compelling opportunity for the public history field. Moon and Stanton show how linking heritage institutions' unique skills and resources with contemporary food issues can offer accessible points of entry for the public into broad questions about human and environmental resilience. They argue that this approach can also benefit institutions themselves, by offering potential new audiences, partners, and sources of support at a time when many are struggling to remain relevant and viable. Interviews with innovative practitioners in both the food and history fields offer additional insights. Drawing on both scholarship and practice, Public History and the Food Movement presents a practical toolkit for engagement. Demonstrating how public historians can take on a vital contemporary issue while remaining true to the guiding principles of historical research and interpretation, the book challenges public historians to claim an expanded role in today's food politics. The fresh thinking will also be of interest to public historians looking to engage with other timely issues.

General

Imprint:	Left Coast Press Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2017
First published:	2018
Authors:	Michelle Moon • Cathy Stanton
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-1-62958-115-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Medicine > General issues > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > Theory & methods > General Promotions
LSN:	1-62958-115-1
Barcode:	9781629581156

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