{"product_id":"us-history-in-15-foods-hardcover","title":"US History in 15 Foods - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnna Zeide\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom whiskey in the American Revolution to Spam in WWII, food reveals a great deal about the society in which it exists. Selecting 15 foods that represent key moments in the history of the United States, this book takes readers from before European colonization to the present, narrating major turning points along the way, with food as a guide. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e US History in 15 Foods\u003c\/i\u003e takes everyday items like wheat bread, peanuts, and chicken nuggets, and shows the part they played in the making of America. What did the British colonists think about the corn they observed Indigenous people growing? How are oranges connected to Roosevelt's New Deal? And what can green bean casserole tell us about gender roles in the mid-20th century? Weaving food into colonialism, globalization, racism, economic depression, environmental change and more, Anna Zeide shows how America has evolved through the food it eats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Zeide \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor of History and the founding director of the Food Studies Program in the College of Liberal Arts \u0026amp; Human Sciences at Virginia Tech, USA. She has previously written \u003ci\u003eCanned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), which won a 2019 James Beard Media Award, and co-edited \u003ci\u003eAcquired Tastes: Stories about the Origins of Modern Food \u003c\/i\u003e(2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52630875472179,"sku":"9781350211964","price":178.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/R0UyRklBNkt4MnJ5ZHU5OHpWSE8rZz09.webp?v=1762167234","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/us-history-in-15-foods-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}