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Description

1. xviii, 270 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. "Mexican cuisine has emerged as a paradox of globalization. Food enthusiasts throughout the world celebrate the humble taco at the same time that Mexicans are eating fewer tortillas and more processed food. Today Mexico is experiencing an epidemic of diet-related chronic illness. The precipitous rise of obesity, diabetes, and metabolic disease--all attributed to changes in the Mexican diet--has resulted in a public health emergency. In her gripping new book, Alyshia Gálvez exposes how changes in policy following NAFTA have fundamentally altered one of the most basic elements of life in Mexico - sustenance. Mexicans are faced with a food system that favors food security over subsistence agriculture, development over sustainability, market participation over social welfare, and ideologies of self-care over public health. Trade agreements negotiated to improve lives have sometimes failed, resulting in unintended consequences for people's everyday lives"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

1. North American Free Trade Agreement (1992 December 17)
2. Food industry and trade > Mexico
3. Nutritionally induced diseases > Mexico
4. Free trade > Economic aspects > Mexico
5. Free trade > Social aspects > Mexico
6. Agriculture and state > Mexico
7. Agriculture and state
8. Food industry and trade
9. Free trade > Economic aspects
10. Free trade > Social aspects
11. Nutritionally induced diseases
12. Mexico

Contents

1. Introduction -- People of the corn -- Laying the groundwork for NAFTA -- NAFTA : free trade in the body -- Deflecting the blame : poverty and personal responsibility -- Diabetes : the disease of the migrant? -- Nostalgia, prestige, and a party every day -- Conclusion : connecting the dots, and bright spots.

Call number

1. JFE 19-7294

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-260) and index.

Author

1. Gálvez, Alyshia, author.

Title

1. Eating NAFTA : trade, food policies, and the destruction of Mexico / Alyshia Gálvez.

Publisher

1. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-260) and index.

Other form:

1. Online version: Gálvez, Alyshia. Eating NAFTA. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520965447 (DLC) 2018014744

LCCN

1. 2018009975

ISBN

1. 9780520291805 hardcover ; alkaline paper
2. 0520291808 hardcover ; alkaline paper
3. 9780520291812 paperback ; alkaline paper
4. 0520291816 paperback ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFE 19-7294