Casseroles, Can Openers, and Jell-o - American Food and the Cold War, 1947-1959

An "all-you-can-eat" tour of American life in the postwar period, told through the foods we loved.

About the author

Elizabeth Aldrich is Curator Emeritus of Dance at the Library of Congress. She is the author of From Ballroom to Hell: Grace and Folly in Nineteenth-Century Dance.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Aldrich, Aldrich Elizabeth
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.2023
• EAN: 9781438493077
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9307-7
• No. of pages: 392
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; USA, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, COOKING / History, Cookery / food & drink etc, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Cookery / food and drink / food writing