Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet
(Book #7 in the California Studies in Food and Culture Series)
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Book Overview
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. The famed actress Lillian Russell, considered by many the epitome of beauty, weighed almost two hundred pounds. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195043650
ISBN13:9780195043655
Release Date:April 1988
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.37 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"
Customer Reviews
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Thorough, and very interesting.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Good book, well researched. It contains the most in-depth history of the Boston Cooking School that I have found.
Great!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
I loved this book, well researched. I wish it had gone into more depth.
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