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Food Fight! : The Battle Over The American Lunch In Schools And The Workplace

  • Food Fight! : The Battle Over The American Lunch In Schools And The Workplace

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    Julie L. Lautenschlager

  • Publication Details

    Book, McFarland & Co, 2006

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      (LOWER LEVEL)  GT2853.U5 L38 2006         AVAILABLE

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    Whether served in a lunch pail, on a cafeteria plate, from a fast food restaurant, or with two martinis, lunch is an important historical and sociological indicator of American culture. Early chapters explore the shift from agrarianism to industrialization and the pursuant lunch revolution, and cover early reform efforts to improve lunch in schools and workplaces. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)

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    • "This book studies the contentious history of the American lunch, and explains how divergent forces have carved out overlapping territories in the contest to influence America’s eating habits. Early chapters explore the shift from agrarianism to industrialization and the pursuant lunch revolution, and cover early reform efforts to improve lunch in schools and workplaces"–Provided by publisher

  • Contents

    • Introduction: American eating ideology and the noon meal - - From full dinner pails to empty market baskets : the debut and demise of a political symbol
    • Creating efficient workers and students : reformers take up the lunch cause
    • Kitchen commandos : government, the media, and the "marketing" of food rationing during World War II
    • Sharing in the sisterhood of sacrifice : the recipe for a "homogenized" homefront housewife
    • A nutrition victory : World War II and the noon meal
    • Staking a claim on lunch : eating on the job after World War II
    • Carrying lunch to school : players in the institutionalization of students’ noon meals
    • Lunch ladies : magazines, advertising, and the construction of women as lunch box packers
    • Conclusion: Blame not the oreo

  • ISBN

    • 0786426705
    • 9780786426706

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