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Author:

Lautenschlager, Julie L., 1973-

Title:

Food fight! : the battle over the American lunch in schools and the workplace / Julie L. Lautenschlager.

Publisher:

McFarland & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

x, 246 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Food habits--United States.
Luncheons.
Lunchbox cookery.
School children--Food--United States.
School lunchrooms, cafeterias, etc.--United States.
Work environment--United States.
United States--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-239) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: American eating ideology and the noon meal -- From full dinner pails to empty market baskets : the debut and demise of a political symbol -- Creating efficient workers and students : reformers take up the lunch cause -- Kitchen commandos : government, the media, and the "marketing" of food rationing during World War II -- Sharing in the sisterhood of sacrifice : the recipe for a "homogenized" homefront housewife -- A nutrition victory : World War II and the noon meal -- Staking a claim on lunch : eating on the job after World War II -- Carrying lunch to school : players in the institutionalization of students' noon meals -- Lunch ladies : magazines, advertising, and the construction of women as lunch box packers -- Conclusion: Blame not the oreo.

ISBN:

9780786426706
9780786426706 (softcover : alk. paper)
0786426705 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70866952

LCCN:

2006025398

Locations:

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

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

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

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)