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How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (2013)

Wallach, Jennifer Jensen (Author)

Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781442208742

Publication Date: 2013
Physical Details: xv + 241 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Food and foods Food preparation Science and culture Nutrition; dietetics Identity Emigration; immigration Food industry and trade Food science; food technology Science and technology, relationships Nationalism National identity 18th century 20th century, early 20th century, late 19th century 20th century United States

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture, by food and social historian Jennifer Wallach, sheds a new and interesting light on American history by way of the dinner table. It is, at once, a study of America's diverse culinary history and a look at the country's unique and unprecedented journey to the present day. 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. By studying what Americans have been eating since the colonial era, we are further enlightened to the conflicting ways in which Americans have chosen to define themselves, their culture, their beliefs, and the changes those definitions have undergone over time. 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?

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Review Manning, Martin J. (2014) Review of "How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture". Journal of American Culture (p. 91). unapi

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