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Author:

LaBarbera-Twarog, Emily E., 1971- author.

Title:

Politics of the pantry : housewives, food, and consumer protest in twentieth-century America / Emily E. LB. Twarog.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xiv, 189 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Women--United States--History--20th century.
Housewives--United States--History--20th century.
Consumers--History--United States--History--20th centuty.
Boycotts--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The 1935 meat boycott and the evolution of domestic politics -- "Women -- the guardians of price control" : working-class housewives, consumer activism, and the state -- Esther Peterson and the American housewife : the White House years -- "What do housewives do all day?" : the suburbanization of meat boycotts and supermarket protests -- Organizing in the 1970s : the rise and fall of domestic politics -- Epilogue: "What we want is food" : food policy and protests in the 21st century -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

019068559X
9780190685591

OCLC:

(OCoLC)989025799

LCCN:

2017016871

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)