Paradox of Plenty A Social History of Eating in Modern America

Name: Paradox of Plenty A Social History of Eating in Modern America
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ISBN: 9780520234406

ISBN-10: 0520234405

ISBN-13: 9780520234406

Edition: 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Harvey Levenstein

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In this sweeping history of food and eating in modern America, Harvey Levenstein explores the social, economic, and political factors that have shaped the American diet since 1930.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.84" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Prologue : depression paradoxes



Depression dieting and the vitamin gold rush



The great regression : the new woman goes home



From Burgoo to Howard Johnson's : eating out in depression America



One-third of a nation ill nourished?



Oh what a healthy war : nutrition for national defense



Food shortages for the people of plenty



The golden age of food processing : miracle whip uber Alles



The best-fed people the world has ever seen?



Cracks in the facade : 1958-1965



The politics of hunger



Nutritional terrorism



The politics of food



Natural foods and negative nutrition



Darling, where did you put the cardamom?



Fast foods and quick bucks



Paradoxes of plenty