How America Eats - A Social History of U.s. Food and Culture

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Jensen Wallach is associate professor of history at the University of North Texas. She is the author! most recently! of Richard Wright: From Black Boy to World Citizen. Klappentext How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits! and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures! conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity! and have helped define what it means to be American. Zusammenfassung How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits! and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures! conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity! and have helped define what it means to be American. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1: The Cuisine of Contact Chapter 2: Food and the Founding Chapter 3: Foodways in an Era of Expansion and Immigration Chapter 4: Technology and Taste Chapter 5: Gender and the American Appetite Chapter 6: The Pious or Patriotic Stomach Chapter 7: Food Habits and Racial Thinking Chapter 8: The Politics of Food A Note on Sources

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Wallach, Jennifer Jensen Wallach, WALLACH JENNIFER JENSEN
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 21.01.2013
• EAN: 9781442208742
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-0874-2
• Pagine: 258
• Serie: American Ways Series; American Ways (Hardcover); American Ways; American Ways
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Opere generiche, enciclopedie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni