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Veronica Hinke
The Last Night on the Titanic
Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style
Regnery History, 2019

New Books in American Studies New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in British Studies New Books in Food New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network May 30, 2019 Jennifer Eremeeva

Fascination with The Titanic has not faded, though more than 105 years have passed since its tragic sinking when so many lives were lost, and an era of gilded glamor ended. Culinary historian Veronica Hinke’s new book, The Last Night on the Titanic: Unsinkable Drinking, Dining, and Style (Regnery History,... Read More

Nico Slate, “Gandhi’s Search for the Perfect Diet: Eating with the World in Mind” (U Washington Press, 2019)

Nico Slate
Gandhi's Search for the Perfect Diet
Eating with the World in Mind
University of Washington Press, 2019

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Biography New Books in Food New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in South Asian Studies New Books in Spiritual Practice and Mindfulness New Books Network May 17, 2019 Carrie Tippen

In this this interview, Carrie Tippen talks with Nico Slate, professor of history at Carnegie Mellon University, about the intersections between diet, spirituality, health, and politics for one of the world’s most famous nonviolent political activists, Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. Slate, who researches anti-racist activism in the United States and India,... Read More

Kristin D. Phillips, “An Ethnography of Hunger: Politics, Subsistence, and the Unpredictable Grace of the Sun” (Indiana UP, 2018)

Kristin D. Phillips
An Ethnography of Hunger
Politics, Subsistence, and the Unpredictable Grace of the Sun
Indiana University Press, 2018

New Books in African Studies New Books in Anthropology New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Environmental Studies New Books in Food New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Sociology New Books Network May 9, 2019 Paul Bjerk

Families in parts of rural Tanzania regularly face periods when they cut back on their meals because their own food stocks are running short and they cannot afford to buy food. Kristin D. Phillips‘ new book An Ethnography of Hunger: Politics, Subsistence, and the Unpredictable Grace of the Sun (Indiana... Read More

Stéphane Henaut and Jeni Mitchell
A Bite-Sized History of France
Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
The New Press, 2018

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in Food New Books in French Studies New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society March 25, 2019 Beth Mauldin

From the cassoulet that won a war to the crêpe that doomed Napoleon, from the rebellions sparked by bread and salt to the new cuisines forged by empire, the history of France is intimately entwined with its gastronomic pursuits. A witty exploration of the facts and legends surrounding some of... Read More

Alex Colas et al., “Food, Politics, and Society: Social Theory and the Modern Food System” (U California Press, 2018)

Alejandro Colas, Jason Edwards, Jane Levi, and Sami Zubaida
Food, Politics, and Society
Social Theory and the Modern Food System
University of California Press, 2018

New Books in Anthropology New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Food New Books in History New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Sociology New Books Network March 20, 2019 Michael O. Johnston

The consumption of food and drink is much more than what we put in our mouth. Food and drink have been a focal point of modern social theory since the inception of agrarian capitalism and the industrial revolution. The origins of food and drink are rather complex. The construction of... Read More

Jodi Campbell, “At the First Table: Food and Social Identity in Early Modern Spain” (U Nebraska Press, 2017)

Jodi Campbell
At the First Table
Food and Social Identity in Early Modern Spain
University of Nebraska Press, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in European Studies New Books in Food New Books in History New Books in Peoples & Places New Books in Politics & Society New Books Network January 29, 2019 Molly Taylor-Poleskey

Jodi Campbell is Professor of History at Texas Christian University. She has written extensively on Spanish drama, royal history and women’s history. Her first book was published by Ashgate in 2006 and is titled Monarchy, Political Culture and Drama in Seventeenth-Century Madrid: Theater of Negotiation. She also co-edited Women in... Read More

Nicholas Bauch, “Geography of Digestion: Biotechnology and the Kellogg Enterprise” (U California Press, 2017)

Nicholas Bauch
Geography of Digestion
Biotechnology and the Kellogg Enterprise
University of California Press, 2017

New Books in Arts & Letters New Books in Biography New Books in Food New Books in Geography New Books in History New Books in Politics & Society New Books in Science & Technology New Books in Science, Technology, and Society New Books Network January 11, 2019 Chad J. Valasek

While most people in the US are familiar with the ubiquitous Kellogg cereal brand, few know how it relates to US geography, science and technology around the turn of the 20th century. In A Geography of Digestion: Biotechnology and the Kellogg Enterprise (University of California Press, 2017), Nicholas Bauch explores... Read More