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A square meal
Book • 2016
Jane Ziegelman's A Square Meal explores how the Great Depression reshaped American food culture, documenting the shift in diets, food availability, and public attitudes toward nourishment.
Drawing on archival materials, recipes, and contemporary accounts, the book reveals how Americans adapted cooking and eating practices to scarce resources and government programs.
It examines institutional responses, home economics, and the rise of new food industries that addressed hunger and changing tastes.
The narrative connects economic forces with cultural perceptions of food, health, and morality in a period of national crisis.
Ziegelman highlights resilience and innovation in how households and communities fed themselves during the 1930s.
Drawing on archival materials, recipes, and contemporary accounts, the book reveals how Americans adapted cooking and eating practices to scarce resources and government programs.
It examines institutional responses, home economics, and the rise of new food industries that addressed hunger and changing tastes.
The narrative connects economic forces with cultural perceptions of food, health, and morality in a period of national crisis.
Ziegelman highlights resilience and innovation in how households and communities fed themselves during the 1930s.
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