Books by E. Melanie Dupuis
“Melanie DuPuis does a great job of telling how milk came to be seen as central to the American diet. Milk has an amazing cultural apparatus around it. In the United States, most people would recognize the key elements of the milk industry’s marketing campaign—the familiar ‘milk moustache’ and the slogan ‘milk does the body good.’ Melanie DuPuis tells the story of the marketing of milk in the context of immigration to the United States.” Read more...
The best books on Food Studies
Matt Garcia, Historian
Interviews where books by E. Melanie Dupuis were recommended
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
by William Cronon -
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Nature’s Perfect Food
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Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America
by Mark Padoongpatt -
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Life on the Other Border: Farmworkers and Food Justice in Vermont
by Teresa M. Mares -
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
by Marcia Chatelain
The best books on Food Studies, recommended by Matt Garcia
The best books on Food Studies, recommended by Matt Garcia
Matt Garcia, Professor of Latin American, Latino & Caribbean Studies & History at Dartmouth College, discusses the production of primary foods in the United States and globally—a field that has often been ignored by historians and by society. He recommends five books to learn more about food studies, with particular attention to agricultural workers, often among the most marginalized and least protected members of the US labor force.
