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• catalog abstract "America has always been blessed with an abundance of food, but when it comes to the national diet, it is a land of stark contrast and paradox. In the early months of the Depression, for instance, there were 82 breadlines in New York City alone, and food riots broke out in such places as Henryetta, Oklahoma, and England, Arkansas. Yet at the same time, among those who were better-off, absurd weight-loss diets were the rage - the Pineapple-and-Lamb-Chop Diet, the "Mayo Diet" of raw tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs, and even a Coffee-and-Donuts Diet. Why do Americans eat what they eat? And why, in a land of plenty, do so many eat so poorly? In Paradox of Plenty, Harvey Levenstein offers a sweeping social history of food and eating in America, exploring the economic, political, and cultural factors that have shaped the American diet from 1930 to the present. Levenstein begins with the Great Depression, describing the breadlines and the slim-down diets, the era's great communal eating fests - the picnics, barbecues, fish fries, and burgoo feasts - and the wave of "vitamania" which swept the nation before World War II, breeding fears that the national diet was deficient in the so-called "morale vitamin." He discusses wartime food rationing and the attempts of Margaret Mead and other social scientists to change American eating habits, and he examines the postwar "Golden Age of American Food Processing," when Duncan Hines and other industry leaders convinced Americans that they were "the best-fed people on Earth." He depicts the disillusionment of the 1960s, when Americans rediscovered hunger and attacked food processors for denutrifying the food supply, and he shows how President Kennedy helped revive the mystique of French food (and how Julia Child helped demystify it). Finally, he discusses contemporary eating habits, the national obsession with dieting, cholesterolphobia, "natural" foods, the demographics of fast-food chains, and the expanding role of food processors as a source of nutritional information. Both colorful and informative, Paradox of Plenty is the sequel to Levenstein's highly acclaimed Revolution at the Table, which chronicled American eating habits from 1880 to 1930. With this volume he establishes his reputation as the leading historian of the American diet.".
• catalog contributor b3846712.
• catalog coverage "United States Social life and customs.".
• catalog created "1993.".
• catalog date "1993".
• catalog date "1993.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1993.".
• catalog description "America has always been blessed with an abundance of food, but when it comes to the national diet, it is a land of stark contrast and paradox. In the early months of the Depression, for instance, there were 82 breadlines in New York City alone, and food riots broke out in such places as Henryetta, Oklahoma, and England, Arkansas. Yet at the same time, among those who were better-off, absurd weight-loss diets were the rage - the Pineapple-and-Lamb-Chop Diet, the "Mayo Diet" of raw tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs, and even a Coffee-and-Donuts Diet. Why do Americans eat what they eat? And why, in a land of plenty, do so many eat so poorly? In Paradox of Plenty, Harvey Levenstein offers a sweeping social history of food and eating in America, exploring the economic, political, and cultural factors that have shaped the American diet from 1930 to the present. ".
• catalog description "Finally, he discusses contemporary eating habits, the national obsession with dieting, cholesterolphobia, "natural" foods, the demographics of fast-food chains, and the expanding role of food processors as a source of nutritional information. Both colorful and informative, Paradox of Plenty is the sequel to Levenstein's highly acclaimed Revolution at the Table, which chronicled American eating habits from 1880 to 1930. With this volume he establishes his reputation as the leading historian of the American diet.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-322) and index.".
• catalog description "Levenstein begins with the Great Depression, describing the breadlines and the slim-down diets, the era's great communal eating fests - the picnics, barbecues, fish fries, and burgoo feasts - and the wave of "vitamania" which swept the nation before World War II, breeding fears that the national diet was deficient in the so-called "morale vitamin." He discusses wartime food rationing and the attempts of Margaret Mead and other social scientists to change American eating habits, and he examines the postwar "Golden Age of American Food Processing," when Duncan Hines and other industry leaders convinced Americans that they were "the best-fed people on Earth." He depicts the disillusionment of the 1960s, when Americans rediscovered hunger and attacked food processors for denutrifying the food supply, and he shows how President Kennedy helped revive the mystique of French food (and how Julia Child helped demystify it). ".
• catalog description "Prologue: Depression Paradoxes -- 1. Depression Dieting and the Vitamin Gold Rush -- 2. The Great Regression: The New Woman Goes Home -- 3. From Burgoo to Howard Johnson's: Eating Out in Depression America -- 4. One-third of a Nation Ill Nourished? -- 5. Oh What a Healthy War: Nutrition for National Defense -- 6. Food Shortages for the People of Plenty -- 7. The Golden Age of Food Processing: Miracle Whip uber Alles -- 8. The Best-fed People the World Has Ever Seen? -- 9. Cracks in the Facade: 1958-1965 -- 10. The Politics of Hunger -- 11. Nutritional Terrorism -- 12. The Politics of Food -- 13. Natural Foods and Negative Nutrition -- 14. Darling, Where Did You Put the Cardamom? -- 15. Fast Foods and Quick Bucks -- 16. Paradoxes of Plenty.".
• catalog extent "ix, 337 p., [8] p. of plates :".
• catalog hasFormat "Paradox of plenty.".
• catalog identifier "0195055438 (alk. paper) :".
• catalog isFormatOf "Paradox of plenty.".
• catalog issued "1993".
• catalog issued "1993.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Paradox of plenty.".
• catalog spatial "United States Social life and customs.".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "394.1/2/0973 20".
• catalog subject "Diet United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Diet United States History.".
• catalog subject "Food Habits United States.".
• catalog subject "Food habits United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "GT 2853.U5 L657p 1993".
• catalog subject "GT2853.U5 L47 1993".
• catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: Depression Paradoxes -- 1. Depression Dieting and the Vitamin Gold Rush -- 2. The Great Regression: The New Woman Goes Home -- 3. From Burgoo to Howard Johnson's: Eating Out in Depression America -- 4. One-third of a Nation Ill Nourished? -- 5. Oh What a Healthy War: Nutrition for National Defense -- 6. Food Shortages for the People of Plenty -- 7. The Golden Age of Food Processing: Miracle Whip uber Alles -- 8. The Best-fed People the World Has Ever Seen? -- 9. Cracks in the Facade: 1958-1965 -- 10. The Politics of Hunger -- 11. Nutritional Terrorism -- 12. The Politics of Food -- 13. Natural Foods and Negative Nutrition -- 14. Darling, Where Did You Put the Cardamom? -- 15. Fast Foods and Quick Bucks -- 16. Paradoxes of Plenty.".
• catalog title "Paradox of plenty : a social history of eating in modern America / Harvey Levenstein.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".