How America eats
Subtitle: a social history of U.S. food and culture
By: Jennifer Jensen Wallach
Series: The American ways series; American ways series
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781442208742
Subjects: Social life and customs; Food habits; Food preferences
Description: Wallach sheds a new and interesting light on American history by way of the dinner table. While undeniably a "melting pot" of different cultures and cuisines, America's food habits have been shaped as much by technological innovations and industrial progress as by the intermingling and mixture of ethnic cultures. Understanding the American diet is the first step toward grasping the larger truths, the complex American narratives that have long been swept under the table, and the evolving answers to the question: What does it mean to be American?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The cuisine of contact; title: Food and the founding; title: Foodways in an era of expansion and immigration; title: Technology and taste; title: Gender and the American appetite; title: The pious or patriotic stomach; title: Food habits and racial thinking; title: The politics of food.