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Mandatory food rationing during World War II significantly challenged the image of the United States as a land of plenty

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Eating for victory : food rationing and the politics of domesticity
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The battle to keep the nation fed during the Second World War was waged by an army of workers on the land and the resour

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One of the main dangers to Britain during the Second World War was the possibility of the country being starved out of t

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This social and cultural history of key moments in U.S. dietary reform illuminates the relations between prevailing noti

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Working across food studies and media studies, Joanne Hollows examines the impact of celebrity chefs on how we think abo

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Get truly healthy and save the planet one bite at a time! Do you suffer from one of the many modern-day diseases? Do you

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An insider look into the events that are changing the heart and health of an all-American city. Readers will be inspired

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Vider uncovers how LGBTQ people reshaped domestic life in the postwar United States. From the Stonewall riots in 1969 to

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Food for Thought offers fresh psychoanalytic insights into treating clients with eating disorders. In lively and jargon-

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We are what we eat' is an age-old adage. But while we often talk about diets affecting our fitness, we don't t

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