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American Appetites: A Documentary Reader (Food and Foodways)
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Description for American Appetites: A Documentary Reader (Food and Foodways)
Paperback. Editor(s): Wallach, Jennifer Jensen; Swindall, Lindsey R. Series: Food and Foodways. Num Pages: 190 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBT; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Designed to appeal to students of history and foodies alike, American Appetites, the first book in the University of Arkansas Press’s new Food and Foodways series, brings together compelling firsthand testimony describing the nation’s collective eating habits throughout time. Beginning with Native American folktales that document foundational food habits and ending with contemporary discussions about how to obtain adequate, healthful, and ethical food, this volume reveals that the quest for food has always been about more than physical nourishment, demonstrating changing attitudes about issues ranging from patriotism and gender to technology and race.
Readers will experience vicariously hunger and ... Read more
Designed to appeal to students of history and foodies alike, American Appetites, the first book in the University of Arkansas Press’s new Food and Foodways series, brings together compelling firsthand testimony describing the nation’s collective eating habits throughout time. Beginning with Native American folktales that document foundational food habits and ending with contemporary discussions about how to obtain adequate, healthful, and ethical food, this volume reveals that the quest for food has always been about more than physical nourishment, demonstrating changing attitudes about issues ranging from patriotism and gender to technology and race.
Readers will experience vicariously hunger and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Series
Food and Foodways
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557286680
SKU
V9781557286680
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About
Jennifer Jensen Wallach is associate professor of history at the University of North Texas, USA and the author or editor of four books, including How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture. Lindsey R. Swindall is visiting assistant professor of history at Sam Houston State University, USA and the author of three books including The Path ... Read more
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