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Revolution at the Table: The Transformation of the American Diet
Revolution at the Table The Transformation of the American Diet
Author: Harvey A. Levenstein
For most Americans in the 19th century, it wasn't what you ate, but how much you ate, that mattered. Late in the century, doctors wrote books like How To Be Plumb and the voluptuous woman was the ideal. The famed actress Lillian Russell, considered by many the epitome of beauty, weighed almost two hundred pounds. Today, in contrast, Americans se...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195043655
ISBN-10: 0195043650
Publication Date: 4/21/1988
Pages: 286
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd)
Book Type: Hardcover
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