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Informationen zum Autor A. R. RUIS is a fellow in the department of surgery and department of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a researcher in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research. Klappentext Historian A. R. Ruis explores the origins of American school meal initiatives to explain why it has been so difficult to establish meal programs that satisfy the often competing interests of children, parents, schools, health authorities, politicians, and the food industry. Zusammenfassung Historian A. R. Ruis explores the origins of American school meal initiatives to explain why it has been so difficult to establish meal programs that satisfy the often competing interests of children! parents! schools! health authorities! politicians! and the food industry. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Abbreviations Introduction1 “The Old-Fashioned Lunch Box . . . Seems Likely to Be Extinct”: The Promise of School Meals in the United States2 (Il)Legal Lunches: School Meals in Chicago3 Menus for the Melting Pot: School Meals in New York City4 Food for the Farm Belt: School Meals in Rural America5 “A Nation Ill-Housed, Ill-Clad, Ill-Nourished”: School Meals under Federal Relief Programs6 From Aid to Entitlement: Creation of the National School Lunch Program EpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex
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A. R. RUIS is a fellow in the department of surgery and department of medical history and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a researcher in the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
