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Paradox of Plenty

A Social History of Eating in Modern America

by Harvey A. Levenstein

1994 368 pages eng

This remarkable book, the sequel to the author's Revolution at the Table (1988), analyses changes in the American diet and nutritional ideas from 1930 to the present. Much more than a study of eating habits, Paradox of Plenty is a sophisticated analysis of the dynamics of cultural change that deserv…

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