About this title: 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, improvements in transportation and communication, industrialization, urbanization, immigration patterns, and changes in business organization. The author also focuses on new attitudes towards food - what came to be known as the New Nutrition. The book begins ...
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780195043655ISBN:0195043650
Description: Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light water damage at base of spine extends to first twelve pages-a spot no more than a 1/2" in diameter inside, runs the length of bottom edge of boards. Fading to spine. Solid copy with tight binding and clean text. read more
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: SOME ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 5/5/2003 Binding: Paperback Pages: 304. read more
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Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 5/5/2003 Binding: Paperback Pages: 304. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: University of California Press Pub Date: 5/5/2003 Binding: Paperback Pages: 304. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1988-04-01
ISBN-13:9780195043655ISBN:0195043650
Description: Very Good. Second printing, 275 pages, illustrations, notes, index, gray paper and rose cloth over boards with gilt spine title, illustrated dustjacket in Brodart protective cover. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1988-04-21
ISBN-13:9780195043655ISBN:0195043650
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780520234390ISBN:0520234391
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. FAST shipping. Minimal shelf wear. No underlining or what-not. Nice copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 285 p. Contains: Illustrations. California Studies in Food and Culture, 7. Audience: General/trade. read more
"David Kamp, author of "The United States of Arugula," referred to "Revolution at the Table," as "a droll study of early-American dietary habits." I call it boring. Try "United States..." instead."
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