{"product_id":"9781350401570","title":"Milk in Spain and the History of Diet Change The Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950","description":"\u003ch3\u003eFood in Modern History: Traditions and Innovations\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eMilk in Spain and the History of Diet Change\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Political Economy of Dairy Consumption since 1950\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFernando Collantes | Peter Scholliers | Amy Bentley\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Europe \/ Spain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn barely three generations the Spanish diet has changed beyond recognition. The traditional concerns around nutritional health and scarcity have been mostly left behind, but they have given way to new problems linked to excess.\u003c\/b\u003e In this book Fernando Collantes shows how the dairy industry has been central to this societal shift. From widespread calcium deficiency in the 1950s to the more recent, and controversial, turn to highly processed foods, it provides a recent history of diet change in Spain. Probing the reasons behind why this shift has occurred, and how, it shows that when it comes to food society, politics, economics and the law are intrinsically linked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking the reader beyond the world of food, \u003ci\u003eMilk in Spain and the History of Diet Change\u003c\/i\u003e combines qualitative and quantitative methods to position diet change within the broader debate on consumer society and 'the good life'. Contrasting two models of food consumption, it shows that unless public policy takes the challenge of affluence seriously, the food system can become an obstacle to a better society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFernando Collantes \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of Socio-Economic History at University of Oviedo, Spain. He is the author of \u003ci\u003ePeaceful surrender: the depopulation of rural Spain in the twentieth century\u003c\/i\u003e (with Vicente Pinilla 2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe political economy of the Common Agricultural Policy: coordinated capitalism or bureaucratic monster?\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 June 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350401570\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e288\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223577133196,"sku":"9781350401570","price":35.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_f9aa3dec-11be-4586-a3af-126f0f30ce5b.jpg?v=1783077679","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350401570","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}