For most Americans in the 19th century, it wasn't what you ate, but how much you ate, that mattered. Late in the century, doctors wrote books like How To Be Plumb and the voluptuous woman was the ideal. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins. As Levenstein reveals in this illuminating book, the great American food revolution occurred between the years 1880 and 1930. Focusing on this pivotal half-century, he ...
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For most Americans in the 19th century, it wasn't what you ate, but how much you ate, that mattered. Late in the century, doctors wrote books like How To Be Plumb and the voluptuous woman was the ideal. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins. As Levenstein reveals in this illuminating book, the great American food revolution occurred between the years 1880 and 1930. Focusing on this pivotal half-century, he provides a vivid account of the people and social forces that redirected the American diet, offering fascinating insights into the social, economic, and political forces that spurred the eating revolution--urbanization, immigration, technological and agricultural advances, and the changing role of women in society.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN: 0195043650.
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Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket, tight, pages clear and bright, shelf and edge wear, corners bumped, sunned dust jacket spine, rub spot on inside front cover, packaged in cardboard box for shipment, tracking on U.S. orders.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. (American Diet, Food Habits) A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
