Begin, Camille, 1984-

Taste of the nation the New Deal search for America's food / [electronic resource] : Camille Begin. - Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2016] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - Studies in sensory history . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : sensing food in the New Deal era -- America eats : the making of a sensory archive -- Romance of the homemade -- Tasting place, sensing race -- An American culinary heritage? Mexican food in the Southwest -- A "well-filled melting pot" -- Conclusion : how taste is made.

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Food habits--History--United States--20th century.
Food writing--History--United States--20th century.
Diet--History--United States--20th century.
Food--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Social life and customs--1918-1945.


Electronic books.

TX360.U6 / B44 2016

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