James E. McWilliams
Autor(a) de Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
About the Author
James E. McWilliams is an associate professor of history at Texas State University-San Marcos. He received the 2009 Hiett Prize in the Humanities from the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate.com, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles mostrar mais Times, among other publications, and he is the author of three previous books. He lives in Austin. mostrar menos
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- McWilliams, James E.
- Data de nascimento
- 1968-11-28
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Austin, Texas, USA
- Ocupação
- historian
university professor - Organizações
- Texas State University
- Premiações
- Hiett Prize (Humanities, 2009)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 9
- Also by
- 1
- Membros
- 381
- Popularidade
- #63,387
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 14
- ISBNs
- 20
I found this book to be excellent for providing balance in the food and nutrition pile of books. McWilliams does not jump on the local food bandwagon, but encourages consumers to ask questions and think critically while shopping. One caution is that he does rely heavily on other people’s studies, unlike many of the other foodie books, where the author does primary research and visits farms and food processing locations to get first-hand experience and commentary.… (mais)