Introduction - Kevin Fitzpatrick and Don Willis PART I: HISTORICAL CONTEXTS 1. The Origins And Propagation Of Agriculture: The Formation Of The Contemporary Diet - Laurence Roudart And Marcel Mazoyer 2. Agricultural Industrialization And The Presence Of The 'Local' In The Global Food World - Carlos J. Maya-Ambia 3. Lessons From The Past: A Historical Overview Of The Place-Food Relationship - Mark B. Tauger PART II: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTS 4. Ways Of Knowing The World: The Role Of Knowledge And Food Movements In The Food-Place Nexus - Jennifer Sumner 5. Modern Southern Food: An Examination Of The Intersection Of Place, Race, Class, And Gender In The Quest For Authenticity - Kaitland M. Byrd 6. Distinction, Disdain, And Gentrification: Hipsters, Food People, And The Ethnic Other In Brooklyn, New York - Kathleen Lebesco And Peter Naccarato PART III: THE CONTEXT OF POWER AND INEQUALITY 7. The Political Economy Of Food And Agriculture In The United States And Russia - Susanne A. Wengle 8. Power And Place In Food Systems: From Global To Local - Savannah Larimore And Vaughn Schmutz 9. The Death Of Distance: Food Deserts Across The Global Divide - Meredith Gartin PART IV: THE FUTURE OF FOOD 10. Place-Based Responses To The Global Food Economy - Andria D. Timmer 11. Troubling Place In Alternative Food Practices: Food Movements, Neoliberalism, And Place - Janna Lafferty 12. Toward Economies That Won't Leave: Utilizing A Community Food Systems Model To Develop Multisector Sustainable Economies In Rural Southeastern North Carolina - Leslie H. Hossfeld, E. Brooke Kelly, Amanda Smith, And Julia F. Waity