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Author:

Eden, Trudy.

Title:

The early American table : food and society in the new world / Trudy Eden.

Publisher:

Northern Illinois University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 193 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Food habits--Social aspects--United States.
United States--Social life and customs--To 1775.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-183) and index.

Contents:

Part 1: The individual golden mean -- The humoral body -- The humoral society -- Secure people and societies -- Insecurity and the common kettle -- Part 2: The social golden mean -- The mechanical body -- American icons -- Which golden mean? -- A mechanical society -- The yeoman farmer.

Summary:

An exploration in the history of biopolitics, The Early American Table offers a unique study of the ways in which English colonists in North America incorporated the "you are what you eat" philosophy into their conception of themselves and their proper place in society. Eden aptly demonstrates that ideas about the body- ideas that may seem irrelevant or even laughable today- not only guided day-to-day personal behavior but also influenced society and politics.

ISBN:

0875803830 (clothbound : alk. paper)
9780875803838 (clothbound : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)162501913

LCCN:

2007028857

Locations:

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

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)