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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eden, Trudy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Social aspects--United States.

Food habits.

United States--Social life and customs--To 1775.

United States.

Food habits--Social aspects.

Manners and customs.

Physical Description:

x, 193 pages : illustrations, plan, facsimiles ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, 2010.

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.

Contents:

Part I : the individual golden mean. The humoral body ; The humoral society ; Secure people and societies ; Insecurity and the common kettle

Part II : the social golden mean. The mechanical body ; American icons ; Which golden mean? ; A mechanical society ; The yeoman farmer ; Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183) and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Historic Culinary Arts Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Eden, Trudy. Early American table.

ISBN:

9780875803838

0875803830

9780875806372

0875806376

OCLC:

162501913