Political gastronomy : food and authority in the English Atlantic world /

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""The table constitutes a kind of tie between the bargainer and the bargained-with, and makes the diners more willing to receive certain impressions, to submit to certain influences: from this is born political gastronomy. Meals have become a means of governing, and the fate of whole peopl...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: LaCombe, Michael A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Early American studies.
Subjects:
1600 - 1775
Food > Political aspects > North America > History.
Colonists > North America > Attitudes.
Indians of North America > Food > Political aspects.
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples.
Aliments > Aspect politique > Amérique du Nord > Histoire.
Colons (Colonisation) > Amérique du Nord > Attitudes.
Peuples autochtones > Premiers contacts avec d'autres peuples > Amérique du Nord.
HISTORY > United States > Colonial Period (1600-1775)
British colonies
Colonists > Attitudes
Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
Social conditions
North America > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > History > 17th century.
Great Britain > Colonies > America > Social conditions.
Amérique du Nord > Histoire > ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amérique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Amérique > Conditions sociales.
America
North America
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. "Commutative Goodnesse": Food and Leadership
  • Chapter 2. "Art of Authority": Hunger, Plenty, and the Common Stores
  • Chapter 3. "By Shewing Power Purchasing Authoritie": Gender, Status, and Food Exchanges
  • Chapter 4. "Would Rather Want Then Borrow, or Starve Then Not Pay": Refiguring English Dependency
  • Chapter 5. "A Continuall and Dayly Table for Gentlemen of Fashion": Eating Like a Governor
  • Chapter 6. "To Manifest the Greater State": English and Indians at Table
  • Conclusion: "When Flesh Was Food": Reimagining the Early Period after 1660
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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