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Revolution at the table : the transformation of the American diet / Harvey A. Levenstein.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.Description: xii, 275 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0195043650 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT2853.U5 L48 1988
Contents:
The American table in 1880: the tastes of the upper crust -- How the other half ate -- The rise of the giant food processors -- The New England kitchen and the failure to reform working-class eating habits -- The "servant problem" and middle-class cookery -- The new nutritionists assault the middle classes -- Scientists, pseudoscientists, and faddists -- New reformers and new immigrants -- The great malnutrition scare, 1907-1930 -- "Best for babies" or "preventable infanticide"?: the controversy over artificial feeding of infants, 1880-1930 -- "Food will win the war" -- The newer nutrition, 1915-1930 -- A revolution of declining expectations -- Workers and farmers during the "prosperity decade" -- The old (restaurant) order changeth -- Too rich and too thin?
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks GT2853.U5L48 1988 1 Available 33710000728654

Bibliography: p. 213-260.

Includes index.

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The American table in 1880: the tastes of the upper crust -- How the other half ate -- The rise of the giant food processors -- The New England kitchen and the failure to reform working-class eating habits -- The "servant problem" and middle-class cookery -- The new nutritionists assault the middle classes -- Scientists, pseudoscientists, and faddists -- New reformers and new immigrants -- The great malnutrition scare, 1907-1930 -- "Best for babies" or "preventable infanticide"?: the controversy over artificial feeding of infants, 1880-1930 -- "Food will win the war" -- The newer nutrition, 1915-1930 -- A revolution of declining expectations -- Workers and farmers during the "prosperity decade" -- The old (restaurant) order changeth -- Too rich and too thin?