How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture
- ISBN-10
- 1442208740
- ISBN-13
- 9781442208742
- Category
- Food habits
- Pages
- 241
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Jennifer Jensen Wallach
Description
How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America s identity, and have helped define what it means to be American."
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- 2012-11-21
- 258 pages
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