Bibliograph

The early American table, food and society in the new world, Trudy Eden

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The early American table, food and society in the new world, Trudy Eden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-183) and index

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

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illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The early American table

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

162501913

Responsibility statement

Trudy Eden

Sub title

food and society in the new world

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

Table Of Contents

pt 1. The individual golden mean. -- The humoral body -- The humoral society -- Secure people and societies -- Insecurity and the common kettle -- pt 2. The social golden mean. -- The mechanical body -- American icons -- Which golden mean? -- A mechanical society -- The yeoman farmer

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