This book examines the changes in diet and food habits of Americans that took place from 1880 to 1930. The best known change was decreasing calorie intake and the increasing concern with obesity. Related to diet changes were the great social and economic forces affecting American society in these years: changing agricultural techniques, ...
A sweeping social history of food and eating in America, exploring the economic, political, and cultural factors that have shaped the American diet from 1930 to the present. This book is intended for those interested in US food habits and diets during the 20th century, American history, American social life and customs.
This book describes the historical and social circumstances behind Americans' interest in and travel to France beginning in the 18th century. The author cites notable writers' impressions, as well as draws from memoirs and other travel writing of the period in question. The specific travel culture profiled set a precedent for later mass tourism. A ...
An exploration of how images of Americans' love/hate relationship with France came to flourish in the United States shapes a story of one nation's relationship to another from a historical perspective and explores the complex dichotomy between an American appreciation for French culture and French anti-Americanism.
"[This] interpretive overview of the Mexican-American trade union relations is a significant contribution to labor history and to inter-American affairs." Choice
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