Author:
Murcott, Anne, author.
ImprintLondon ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2024.
Imprint2024
Descriptionxiv, 203 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note:Part I. Putting food packaging center stage -- Ubiquity and (in)visibility -- Food packaging: a technology -- Part II. How did it get like this? Early precursors -- Bags, sacks and a lot of paper -- Barrels, casks and tea chests -- Bottles, jars and gallons of milk -- Canisters, cans and canning -- Part III. How did it get like this? Industrialized packaging -- Tomato ketchup and transparent bottles -- Ready-meals, microwaves and plastic trays -- Salad leaves and protective atmospheres -- Part IV. Where now? -- Food packaging: a trio of futures and a provisional ending.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-196) and index.
Note:"The first social history of food packaging."-- Provided by publisher.
