Hungry for Revolution

The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile

Joshua Frens-String

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University of California Press
29 June 2021

History of the Americas; Central government policies; Industrial relations & safety; Agriculture & farming

Hungry for Revolution tells the story of how struggles over food fueled the rise and fall of Chile's Popular Unity coalition and one of Latin America's most expansive social welfare states. Reconstructing ties between workers, consumers, scientists, and the state, historian Joshua Frens-String explores how Chileans across generations sought to center food security as a right of citizenship. In doing so, he deftly untangles the relationship between two of twentieth-century Chile's most significant political and economic processes: the fight of an emergent urban working class to gain reliable access to nutrient-rich foodstuffs and the state's efforts to modernize its underproducing agricultural countryside.

By: Joshua Frens-String
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780520343375
ISBN 10: 0520343379
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 29 June 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Building a Revolutionary Appetite Part One: A Hungry Nation 1 • Worlds of Abundance, Worlds of Scarcity 2 • Red Consumers Part Two: Containing Hunger 3 • Controlling for Nutrition 4 • Cultivating Consumption Part Three: Recipes for Change 5 • When Revolution Tasted Like Empanadas and Red Wine 6 • A Battle for the Chilean Stomach 7 • Barren Plots and Empty Pots Epilogue: Counterrevolution at the Market Key Acronyms and Terms in Chilean Food History Notes Bibliography Index

Joshua Frens-String is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin and an associate of the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS).

Reviews for Hungry for Revolution: The Politics of Food and the Making of Modern Chile

"""This highly readable and engaging narrative is suitable both for experts in Latin American and food history and for students looking to learn more about food politics and modern Chile."" * Hispanic American Historical Review * ""This is a very readable book, an important contribution to understanding Chilean history, and a valuable addition to the relatively thinly populated field of the history of technology in Latin America."" * Technology and Culture *"