Product Description: This book concerns itself with food and hunger issues, primarily in America, but also as America is located in both history and a broader global system today. It focuses on food consumption and production in relation to history, society (including politics and economics), environmental impacts, and some ethical and social justice issues surrounding food...read more

Product Description: The papers in this collection commemorate the quincentennial of the Columbian encounter with the New World. They focus on religion in Spain and New Spain during the years immediately surrounding Columbus' first voyage, providing background on events in the age of exploration.