Food and the City in Europe since 1800

"This fascinating volume examines the impact that rapid urbanization has had upon diets and food systems throughout Western Europe over the past two centuries. Bringing together studies from across the continent, it stresses the fundamental links between key changes in European social history and food systems, food cultures and food politics. Contributors respond to a number of important questions, including: when and how did local food production cease to be sufficient for the city and when did improved transport conditions and liberal commercial relations replace local by supra-regional food supplies? How far did the food industry contribute to improved living conditions in cities? What influence did urban consumers have? Food and the City in Europe since 1800 also examines issues of food hygiene and health impacts in cities, looks at various food innovations and how ’new’ foods often first gained acceptance in cities, and explores how eating fashions have changed over the centuries."-- Site de l'éditeur Food and the city / Peter J. Atkins and Derek J. Oddy Urbanization and nutrition : historical research reconsidered / Hans Jürgen Teuteberg "A tale of two cities" : a comparison of food supply in London and Paris in the 1850s / Peter J. Atkins Urbanization and dietary change in Mediterranean Europe : Barcelona, 1870-1935 / Roser Nicolau-Nos and Josep Pujol-Andreu Food science, food politics : Max Rubner and "rational nutrition" in fin-de-siècle Berlin / Corinna Treitel How to feed three million inhabitants : Berlin in the first years after the Second World War, 1945-1948 / Jürgen Schmidt Food fraud and the big city : Brussels' responses to food anxieties in the nineteenth century / Peter Scholliers Food quality in London and the rise of the public analyst, 1870-1939 / Derek Oddy Municipal laboratories and the analysis of foodstuffs in France under the Third Republic : a case study of the Paris Municipal Laboratory, 1878-1907 / Alessandro Stanziani The "war against food adulteration" : municipal food monitoring and citizen self-help associations in Germany, 1870s-1880s / Vera Hierholzer The discovery of vitamins and its impact on the food industry : the issue of tinned sweetened condensed skim milk, 1890-1940 / Adel den Hartog First-class restaurants and luxury food stores : the emergence of the Soviet culture of consumption in the 1930s / Jukka Gronow A shop window of the regime : the position of Prague as the capital in the preferential supply system of selected Czechoslovakian cities, 1950-1970 / Martin Franc Born-in-the-city : the supermarket in Germany / Peter Lummel The changing position of exotic foods in post-war Amsterdam / Anneke H. van Otterloo The immigrant impact upon London's food since c. 1850 / Panikos Panayi Scientists at the table : the cultural significance of scientists' festive meals in Berlin, 1830-1940 / Ulrike Thoms Reforming diet at the end of the nineteenth century in Europe / Alain Drouard Turtle soup and water porridge : some social and cultural perspectives on food habits in the city of Oslo, 1860-2000 / Virginie Amilien Food markets in the city of Bordeaux from the 1960s until today : historical evolution and anthropological aspects / Isabelle Téchoueyres Conclusion / Peter Atkins and Derek Oddy. Contents......Page 6 List of Figures......Page 10 List of Tables......Page 12 List of Contributors......Page 14 Preface......Page 16 Food and the City......Page 18 Urbanization and Nutrition: Historical Research Reconsidered......Page 30 ‘A Tale of Two Cities’: A Comparison of Food Supply in London and Paris in the 1850s......Page 42 Urbanization and Dietary Change in Mediterranean Europe: Barcelona, 1870–19351......Page 56 Food Science/Food Politics: Max Rubner and ‘Rational Nutrition’ in Fin-de-Siècle Berlin......Page 68 How to Feed Three Million Inhabitants: Berlin in the First Years after the Second World War, 1945–1948......Page 80 Food Fraud and the Big City: Brussels’ Responses to Food Anxieties in the Nineteenth Century......Page 94 Food Quality in London and the Rise of the Public Analyst, 1870–1939......Page 108 Municipal Laboratories and the Analysis of Foodstuffs in France under the Third Republic: A Case Study of the Paris Municipal La......Page 122 The ‘War Against Food Adulteration’: Municipal Food Monitoring and Citizen Self-Help Associations in Germany, 1870s–1880s......Page 134 The Discovery of Vitamins and its Impact on the Food Industry: The Issue of Tinned Sweetened Condensed Skim Milk 1890–1940......Page 148 First-Class Restaurants and Luxury Food Stores: The Emergence of the Soviet Culture of Consumption in the 1930s......Page 160 A Shop Window of the Regime: The Position of Prague as the Capital in the Preferential Supply System of Selected Czechoslovakian......Page 172 Born-in-the-City: The Supermarket in Germany......Page 182 The Changing Position of Exotic Foods in Post-War Amsterdam......Page 194 The Immigrant Impact upon London’s Food since c.1850......Page 206 Scientists at the Table: The Cultural Signi.cance of Scientists’ Festive Meals in Berlin, 1830–1940......Page 220 Reforming Diet at the End of the Nineteenth Century in Europe......Page 232 Turtle Soup and Water Porridge: Some Social and Cultural Perspectives on Food Habits in the City of Oslo, 1860–2000......Page 244 Food Markets in the City of Bordeaux – From the 1960s until Today: Historical Evolution and Anthropological Aspects......Page 256 Conclusion......Page 268 Index......Page 272 There has been a rapid urbanization throughout Western Europe since the Eighteenth Century. Bringing together studies from across the continent, this edited volume looks at the impact this urbanization has had upon diets and food systems over the past 200 years. It stresses the fundamental links between food systems, food cultures and food politics on one hand and the key changes in European social history in the other. It responds to key questions such as: when and how did local food production cease to be able to provide for the city and when did improved transport conditions and liberal commercial relations replace local by supra-regional food supplies? How far did the food industry contribute to improved living conditions in cities? What influence did urban consumers have? It also examines issues of food hygiene and health impacts in cities, looks at various food innovations and how 'new' foods often gained acceptance first in cities, and explores how eating fashions have changed over the centuries. There has been rapid urbanisation throughout Western Europe since the 18th century. Bringing together studies from across the continent, this volume looks at the impact this urbanisation has had upon diets and food systems over the past 200 years