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. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins. As Levenstein reveals in this illuminating book, the great American food revolution occurred between the years 1880 and 1930. Focusing on this pivotal half-century, he ...
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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. Today, in contrast, Americans seem obsessed with calories, diets and slimness, and with eating healthful amounts of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins. As Levenstein reveals in this illuminating book, the great American food revolution occurred between the years 1880 and 1930. Focusing on this pivotal half-century, he provides a vivid account of the people and social forces that redirected the American diet, offering fascinating insights into the social, economic, and political forces that spurred the eating revolution--urbanization, immigration, technological and agricultural advances, and the changing role of women in society.
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