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Introduction (2009)
Book Chapter
Oddy, D., & Atkins, P. (2009). Introduction. In D. Oddy, P. Atkins, & V. Amilien (Eds.), The rise of obesity in Europe : a twentieth century food history (1-11). Ashgate Publishing

Famine (2009)
Book Chapter
Atkins, P. (2009). Famine. In R. Kitchin, & N. Thrift (Eds.), International encyclopedia of human geography (14-20). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-008044910-4.00096-1

Famine is a powerful word but it is difficult to define. The article considers its measurement as a means of exploring its variabilities, such as intensity and magnitude. Famine Early Warning Systems are increasingly being used to sound alerts and ta... Read More about Famine.

The history of food exchanges: a new agenda (2009)
Journal Article
Atkins, P. (2009). The history of food exchanges: a new agenda. Food & history, 7(1), 111-123. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.food.1.100638

This paper argues that the time has come for a new approach to food exchange. Using the literatures of geography and sociology, it points out that the social constructionism that is being used increasingly in food studies is inadequate. Its privilegi... Read More about The history of food exchanges: a new agenda.

From laboratory expertise to litigation. The municipal laboratory of Paris and the Inland Revenue laboratory in London, 1870-1914: A Comparative Analysis (2008)
Book Chapter
Atkins, P., & Stanziani, A. (2008). From laboratory expertise to litigation. The municipal laboratory of Paris and the Inland Revenue laboratory in London, 1870-1914: A Comparative Analysis. In S. Van Damme, & C. Rabier (Eds.), Fields of expertise: a comparative history of expert procedures in Paris and London, 1600 to present (317-338). Cambridge Scholars Press

Fear of animal foods: a century of zoonotics (2008)
Journal Article
Atkins, P. (2008). Fear of animal foods: a century of zoonotics. Appetite, 51(1), 18-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2008.02.006

Animal diseases can be spread to humans through the food supply. The article investigates this zoonotic hazard in an historical context and reflects on the nature of public reactions to such risk. It concludes that food scares have been with us for a... Read More about Fear of animal foods: a century of zoonotics.

Food and the city. (2007)
Book Chapter
Atkins, P., & Oddy, D. (2007). Food and the city. In P. Atkins, P. Lummel, & D. Oddy (Eds.), Food and the City in Europe since 1800 (1-10). Ashgate Publishing

Laboratories, laws, and the career of a commodity (2007)
Journal Article
Atkins, P. (2007). Laboratories, laws, and the career of a commodity. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 25(6), 967-989. https://doi.org/10.1068/d74j

Unlike most foods, milk is produced fresh at least twice every day, thus recreating, over 700 times a year, a commodity ‘designed’ by the combination of nature, commerce, and law. The paper is a study of the ontogenesis of this commodity in Britain s... Read More about Laboratories, laws, and the career of a commodity.

Environmental irony: summoning death in Bangladesh (2007)
Journal Article
Atkins, P., Hassan, M., & Dunn, C. (2007). Environmental irony: summoning death in Bangladesh. Environment and Planning A, 39(11), 2699-2714. https://doi.org/10.1068/a38123

The arsenic crisis that affects at least thirty million water consumers in Bangladesh has been called the world’s greatest ever environmental health disaster. Although the problem and the potential solutions have been presented confidently in the med... Read More about Environmental irony: summoning death in Bangladesh.

Indigenous floating cultivation: a sustainable agricultural practice in the wetlands of Bangladesh (2007)
Journal Article
Isalm, T., & Atkins, P. (2007). Indigenous floating cultivation: a sustainable agricultural practice in the wetlands of Bangladesh. Development in Practice, 17(1), 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/09614520601092733

Floating-bed cultivation has proved a successful means to produce agricultural crops in various wetland areas of the world. In freshwater lakes and wetlands, vegetables, flowers, and seedlings are grown in Bangladesh using this floating cultivation t... Read More about Indigenous floating cultivation: a sustainable agricultural practice in the wetlands of Bangladesh.

Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh (2007)
Journal Article
Atkins, P., Hassan, M., & Dunn, C. (2007). Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh. Geoforum, 38(1), 155-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.07.009

The paper applies some of the principles of pragmatism to the environmental health crisis of arsenic pollution in the groundwater of Bangladesh. This hazard affects between 28 and 57 million people and it has been called “the largest mass poisoning o... Read More about Poisons, pragmatic governance and deliberative democracy: The arsenic crisis in Bangladesh.

‘That elusive feature of food consumption’: historical perspectives on quality, a review and some proposals (2007)
Journal Article
Bourdieu, J., Bruegel, M., & Atkins, P. (2007). ‘That elusive feature of food consumption’: historical perspectives on quality, a review and some proposals. Food & history, 5(2), 247-267. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.food.1.100231

Food quality is always acknowledged as a significant factor in everyday lives, and it often appears in some ad-hoc form or another in the study of economics. Its very fuzzyness may account for its ubiquity. Clarification becomes imperative, and this... Read More about ‘That elusive feature of food consumption’: historical perspectives on quality, a review and some proposals.