Hog Meat and Hoecake - Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860

Informationen zum Autor SAM BOWERS HILLIARD was professor emeritus in geography and anthropology at Louisiana State University. He taught there from 1971 to 1993. Klappentext When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard's book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was one of the first scholarly examinations of the important role food played in a region's history, culture, and politics, and it has since become a landmark of foodways scholarship. His book established the methods and vocabulary for studying a region's cuisine in the context of its culture that foodways scholars still employ today.First published in 1972, it is one of the first scholarly examinations of the important role food played in the antebellum South's history, culture, and politics. Drawing from diaries, the census, the press, and farm records, it has become a landmark of food ways scholarship.

Product details

• Authors: Sam Hilliard, Sam Bowers Hilliard, Sam Bowers/ Cobb Hilliard
• Assisted by: John Edge (Editor), John T. Edge (Editor)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2014
• EAN: 9780820346762
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-4676-2
• Series: Southern Foodways Alliance Stu; Southern Foodways Alliance Stu; Southern Foodways Alliance Studies in Culture, People, and Place
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches