American bacon : the history of a food phenomenon / Mark A. Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Mark A., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bacon--History.

Bacon.

Pork industry and trade--United States--History.

Pork industry and trade.

Food habits--United States--History.

Food habits.

Cooking (Bacon).

Food habits--History.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : University of Georgia Press, [2026]

Summary:

"In American Bacon, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contempt, and dietary advice to become a twenty-first-century culinary and cultural powerhouse? Starting in early modern Britain and tracing the story of bacon through the colonial era, Civil War, Progressive Era, modern fad diets, and the emerging craft bacon industry, Johnson provides a new perspective on some familiar American narratives. More than a story of production, marketing, and consumption, Johnson argues, this cultural history connects bacon to race, class, and gender while also illuminating major historical forces, such as migration, warfare, urbanization and suburbanization, reform movements, cultural trends, and globalization. For Johnson, bacon's story from "most dangerous food in the supermarket" to pop culture and gastronomic phenomenon reflects the cultural values of a nation"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9780820375403

0820375403

OCLC:

1534117344

Publisher Number:

90104425851

CIPO000371080