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Retail Inequality: Reframing the Food Desert Debate

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kenneth H. KolbPublish date:2021-12-14Pages:278
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520384187ISBN-10:520384180UPC:9780520384187Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Agriculture & Food, Sociology, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:UrbanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCRPWFM58A
Retail Inequality examines the failure of recent efforts to improve Americans' diets by increasing access to healthy food. Based on exhaustive research, this book by Kenneth H. Kolb documents the struggles of two Black neighborhoods in Greenville, South Carolina. For decades, outsiders ignored residents' complaints about the unsavory retail options on their side of town--until the well-intentioned but flawed "food desert" concept took hold in popular discourse. Soon after, new allies arrived to help, believing that grocery stores and healthier options were the key to better health. These efforts, however, did not change neighborhood residents' food consumption practices. Retail Inequality explains why and also outlines the history of deindustrialization, urban public policy, and racism that are the cause of unequal access to food today. Kolb identifies retail inequality as the crucial concept to understanding today's debates over gentrification and community development. As this book makes clear, the battle over food deserts was never about food--it was about equality.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520384187ISBN-10:520384180UPC:9780520384187Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Agriculture & Food, Sociology, Race & Ethnic RelationsBook Topic:UrbanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCRPWFM58A
Kenneth H. Kolb is Professor of Sociology at Furman University. He is the author of Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling.
Publisher: University of California Press

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