The politics of the table : nutrition and the body in modern Germany / Kristen Ann Ehrenberger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrenberger, Kristen Ann, author.

Contributor:

Project Muse

Series:

Re:past--studies in the history of nutrition

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nutrition--Germany.

Nutrition.

Cooking, German--History.

Cooking, German.

Food habits--Germany--History--20th century.

Food habits.

Food supply--History--20th century.

Food supply.

Food security--History--20th century.

Food security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2026.

Contents:

Preface: The Menu

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Bodies That Eat and Drink

Part I: "The Kitchen is the Laboratory of the Housewife": The Circulation of Nutritional Science, 1890-1930

1 From Calories to Vitamins: Nutrition in the Laboratory

2 Feeding the Sick: Nutrition and Authority in the Sick Room and the Clinic

3 Under the Hygiene Eye: Nutrition at the German Hygiene Museum

4 How to Cook Your Vegetables: From the Factory to the Kitchen

Part II: "The Cooking Spoon is the Scepter of the People's Health": Nutrition and World War I

5 "More Than Bitter": The Blockade and Rationing in Saxony and Bavaria

6 "I Am Not a Taste Barbarian": Food and the Senses During World War I

7 Cooking Out but Eating In: The Politics of the Family Table During World War I

8 From the Kitchen to the Bedside: Sick Rations in Germany During World War I

Conclusion. Nutritional Knowledge and Ignorance in the Third Reich.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 17, 2026).

ISBN:

9781421454139

1421454130

Publisher Number:

90104141949

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.