Chapter ID: CBB000069456

The German-American science of racial nutrition, 1870-1920 (1996)

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Description On the work of Ellen H. Richards, Mary Hinman Abel, Wilbur O. Atwater, and Edward Atkinson in promoting the concept of racial nutrition, according to which each race had its own distinctive diet that made it efficient and effective in life.


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Book Cravens, Hamilton; Marcus, Alan I.; Katzman, David M. (1996) Technical knowledge in American culture: Science, technology, and medicine since the early 1800s. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Sutherland, Serenity
Gabrielle Soudan
Pretto, Giovanni
David Philippy
Thoms, Ulrike
Jou, Chin
Concepts
Nutrition; dietetics
Food and foods
Food science; food technology
Science and culture
Food industry and trade
Agriculture
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Places
India
Padua (Italy)
Lesotho
Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
Québec (Canada)
United States
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