Stirrings: How Activist New Yorkers Ignited a Movement for Food Justice
(Part of the Justice, Power, and Politics Series)
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In the last three decades of the twentieth century, government cutbacks, stagnating wages, AIDS, and gentrification pushed ever more people into poverty, and hunger reached levels unseen since the Depression. In response, New Yorkers set the stage for a nationwide food justice movement. Whether organizing school lunch campaigns, establishing food co-ops, or lobbying city officials, citizen-activists made food a political issue, uniting communities...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:146965301X
ISBN13:9781469653013
Release Date:November 2019
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Length:358 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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