Hog meat and hoecake : food supply in the Old South, 1840-1860 / / Sam Bowers Hilliard ; with a foreword by James C. Cobb
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| Autore: |
Hilliard Sam Bowers
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| Titolo: |
Hog meat and hoecake : food supply in the Old South, 1840-1860 / / Sam Bowers Hilliard ; with a foreword by James C. Cobb
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens : , : University of Georgia Press, , [2014] |
| ©1972 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 338.1/97509034 |
| Soggetto topico: | Food supply - Southern States - History |
| Food consumption - Southern States - History | |
| Food habits - Southern States - History | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Southern States History |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Self-sufficiency: The developing American Farm; 2 The problems of subsistence; 3 ""All kinds of good rations""; 4 The forests, streams, and the sea; 5 Pork: The South's first choice; 6 Beefsteaks and buttermilk; 7 The occasional diversion; 8 Corn pone and light bread; 9 Rounding out the fare; 10 Making up the shortage; 11 Independence for some; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Sommario/riassunto: | When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard's book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was one of the first scholarly examinations of the important role food played in a region's history, culture, and politics, and it has since become a landmark of foodways scholarship. In the book Hilliard examines the food supply, dietary habits, and agricultural choices of the antebellum American South, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. He explores the major southern food sources at the time, the r |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hog meat and hoecake |
| ISBN: | 0-8203-4702-7 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807277203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Southern Foodways Alliance studies in culture, people, and place.