by Katherine Leonard Turner From the publisher: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class Americans had eating habits that were distinctly shaped by jobs, families, neighborhoods, and the tools, […]
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How Food Made History
by B. W. Higman From the publisher: Covering 5,000 years of global history, How Food Made History traces the changing patterns of food production and consumption that have molded economic […]
How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture
by Jennifer Jensen Wallach From the publisher: In How America Eats, Food historian Jennifer Wallach examines how Americans have produced food, cooked, and filled their stomachs from the colonial era […]
Hog Meat and Hoecake: Food Supply in the Old South, 1840-1860
by Sam Bowers Hilliard From the publisher: When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard’s book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was […]
History of Food in 101 Objects
by Media Lab Books From the publisher: While food always has always been and always will be a basic necessity, it has also become a form of art, indicator of […]
History of Cookbooks: From Kitchen to Page over Seven Centuries
by Henry Notaker From the publisher: A History of Cookbooks provides a sweeping literary and historical overview of the cookbook genre, exploring its development as a part of food culture […]
History of Aquaculture
by Colin Nash From the publisher: Aquaculture has become of the fastest growing segments of agriculture around the world, but until recently many people have been unaware of its existence. […]
Hamlet Fire: A Tragic Story of Cheap Food, Cheap Government, and Cheap Lives
by Bryant Simon From the publisher: For decades, the small, quiet town of Hamlet, North Carolina, thrived thanks to the railroad. But by the 1970s, it had become a postindustrial […]
Hamilton Cookbook: Cooking, Eating, and Entertaining in Hamilton’s World
by Laura Kumin From the publisher: The Hamilton Cookbook takes you into Hamilton’s home and to his table, with historical information, recipes, and tips on how you can prepare food […]
Great Irish Potato Famine
by James S. Donnelly Jr. From the publisher: This is an account of the Great Irish Potato Famine of the late 1840s, a famine which resulted in the death of […]