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Jan, 20 the sociology of food and agriculture, by michael carolan, 2012. Carolan is associate dean for research for the college of liberal arts at colorado state university. The second section of the book focuses on community impacts, food and culture, and. In this second edition of the sociology of food and agriculture, students are provided with a substantially revised and updated introductory text to this emergent field the book begins with the recent development of agriculture under capitalism and neoliberal regimes, and the transformation of farming and peasant agriculture from a smallscale, familyrun way of life to a globalized system. He then studied sociology at iowa state university, earning his m.
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