American food habits in historical perspective
By: Elaine N. McIntosh.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: Food habits -- United States -- History.; Diet -- United States -- History.; Nutrition -- United States -- History.; United States -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Humans, nutrition, and survival -- The search for food -- Early dietary patterns -- Dietary patterns from Columbian times through the American Revolution -- American food habits : the new republic through the nineteenth century -- American food habits : the twentieth century -- Understanding food habits -- Food and ideology -- American food : a characterization -- The American diet : an assessment and prognosis bibliography.