Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern AmericaRevised edition of a classic that continues the story of eating in America and how Americans think about food; Paradox starts where Revolution at Table left off and takes the story right up to the present. |
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THE PARADOX OF PLENTY: A Social History of Eating in Modern America
User Review - KirkusLevenstein's Revolution at the Table (1988), which surveyed the changes in American food habits between 1880 and 1930, is widely deemed a major contribution to our culinary history. Here, he brings ... Read full review
Paradox of plenty: a social history of eating in modern America
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictIn his lively, entertaining study of America's eating habits from 1930 to the present, Levenstein (history, McMaster Univ.) explores the disturbing existence of hunger in the midst of agricultural ... Read full review
Contents
Depression Paradoxes | 3 |
Depression Dieting and the Vitamin Gold Rush | 9 |
The New Woman Goes Home | 24 |
Eating Out in Depression America | 40 |
Onethird of a Nation Ill Nourished? | 53 |
Nutrition for National Defense | 64 |
Food Shortages for the People of Plenty | 80 |
Miracle Whip über Alles | 101 |
Nutritional Terrorism | 160 |
The Politics of Food | 178 |
Natural Foods and Negative Nutrition | 195 |
Darling Where Did You Put the Cardamom? | 213 |
Fast Foods and Quick Bucks | 227 |
Paradoxes of Plenty | 237 |
Epilogue | 256 |
Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Periodicals | 269 |
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Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America Harvey A. Levenstein Limited preview - 1994 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America Volume 8 of California Studies in Food and Culture |
| Author | Harvey Levenstein |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | University of California Press, 2003 |
| ISBN | 0520234405, 9780520234406 |
| Length | 353 pages |
| Subjects | › Cooking / History |
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