Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America

by Harvey Levenstein

Book Overview

Offering a sweeping social history of food and eating in America, Harvey Levenstein explores the economic, political, and cultural factors that have shaped the American diet from 1930 to the present.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195055438
• ISBN13: 9780195055436
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Book

I had to read this for my class, but it is a very interesting. If you are into the history of the American diet I would highly recommend this book.