"During the first decades of the twentieth century, modern states fighting World War I and II for the first time experimented with feeding--and starving--entire populations. Within the new globalizing economy, food became intimately intertwined with waging war. In Europe, starvation claimed more...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- PART I. DEBATING THE FUTURE OF FOOD -- 1 The Stakes in Our Steaks -- 2 The Debate: Will the World Run Out of Food? -- 3 The Deep Structure of the Debate -- PART II. IMAGINING THE FUTURE OF FOOD -- 4 The Utopian Caveat -- 5 Dystopias -- PART III. THINGS TO COME --...