Retail Inequality

Reframing the Food Desert Debate

Retail Inequality
Kenneth H Kolb
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h229 x 152mm - 278pg
14 Dec 2021 US
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9780520384187
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Retail Inequality examines the failure of recent efforts to improve Americans' diets by improving access to healthy food. Based on exhaustive research in Greenville, SC, Kenneth H. Kolb documents the struggles of two Black neighborhoods. Outsiders ignored their complaints about the unsavory retail options on their side of town until the emergence of the well-intentioned but flawed "food desert" concept. Soon after, new allies arrived to help, believing grocery stores and healthier options were the key to better health. Their efforts, however, did not change locals' food consumption practices. Retail Inequality explains why and 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.
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.
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ISBN-13: 9780520384187
Published: 14 Dec 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 408g
Pages: 278

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