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.
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