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The American Indian: How He Earns a Living
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection (New York, NY: Harmon Foundation, 1933, originally published 1933), 14 mins
Scenes, introduced by intertitles, of Indians engaged in arts and crafts, fishing, logging, agriculture, irrigation projects.
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection (New York, NY: Harmon Foundation, 1933, originally published 1933), 14 mins
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Scenes, introduced by intertitles, of Indians engaged in arts and crafts, fishing, logging, agriculture, irrigation projects.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1933
Publisher
Harmon Foundation
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, American Indians, Buffalo, Farming, Fish (Animal), Logging, Vocational education, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Aka, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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The American Negro and His Amazing Music
written by Tim Dennison, fl. 1963 (New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1963), 76 page(s)
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written by Tim Dennison, fl. 1963 (New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1963), 76 page(s)
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Tim Dennison, fl. 1963
Date Published / Released
1963
Publisher
Vantage Press
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American Wasteland How America Throws Away Nearly Half Of Its Food (and What We Can Do About It)
written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why...
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written by Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010 (New York, NY: Da Capo Press, 2011, originally published 2010), 392 page(s)
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Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why it matters, and how you can make a difference starting in your own kitchen—reducing waste and saving money. Interviews with experts...
Grocery prices and the forsaken foods at the back of your fridge seem to increase weekly. After reading American Wasteland, you will never look at your shopping list, refrigerator, plate, or wallet the same way again. Jonathan Bloom wades into the garbage heap to unearth what our squandered food says about us, why it matters, and how you can make a difference starting in your own kitchen—reducing waste and saving money. Interviews with experts such as chef Alice Waters and food psychologist Brian Wansink, among others, uncover not only how and why we waste, but, most importantly, what we can do about it.
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Field of Study
Food Studies Online
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Jonathan Bloom, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2010, 2011
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Topic / Theme
Waste disposal, Food industry, End food waste movement, Early 21st Century United States (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Perseus Books Group
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An American Woman in Europe: The Journal of Two Years and a Half Sojourn in Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy
written by Levina Buoncuore Urbino (Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1869), 338 page(s)
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written by Levina Buoncuore Urbino (Boston, MA: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1869), 338 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography
Author / Creator
Levina Buoncuore Urbino
Date Published / Released
1869
Publisher
Lee and Shepard Publishers
Topic / Theme
Travel
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Americæ Pars Undecima: Seu Descriptio Admirandi Itineris a Guillielmo Schouten
(Oppenheim, Rhineland Palatinate: Theodor De Bry (Publisher), 1690), 77 page(s)
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(Oppenheim, Rhineland Palatinate: Theodor De Bry (Publisher), 1690), 77 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
1690
Publisher
Theodor De Bry (Publisher)
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Exploration
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Three New Mexico Chronicles: The Exposición of Pedro Bautista Pino, 1812
edited by H. Bailey Carroll, fl. 1942 and Juan Villasana Haggard, fl. 1942 (Albuquerque, NM: Quivira Society, 1942), 342 page(s)
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edited by H. Bailey Carroll, fl. 1942 and Juan Villasana Haggard, fl. 1942 (Albuquerque, NM: Quivira Society, 1942), 342 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Book
Contributor
H. Bailey Carroll, fl. 1942, Juan Villasana Haggard, fl. 1942
Date Published / Released
1942
Publisher
Quivira Society
Topic / Theme
Economic conditions, Geophysical features
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Apron Full of Gold: The Letters of Mary Jane Megquier from San Francisco, 1849-1856
written by Mary Jane Cole Megquier, 1813-1899; edited by Robert Glass Cleland (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1949), 99 page(s)
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written by Mary Jane Cole Megquier, 1813-1899; edited by Robert Glass Cleland (San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, 1949), 99 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Letter
Contributor
Robert Glass Cleland
Author / Creator
Mary Jane Cole Megquier, 1813-1899
Date Published / Released
1949
Publisher
Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens
Topic / Theme
Entertaining
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1949 Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
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Architects of Change, Season 1, Episode 7, Economics of Taste
directed by Sylvain Braun, in Architects of Change, Season 1, Episode 7 (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2009), 52 mins
In farmers' fields around the world, major issues have arisen surrounding intensive agriculture, mechanisation, standardization of farming practices and the use of chemical products.
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directed by Sylvain Braun, in Architects of Change, Season 1, Episode 7 (Montréal, QC: CinéFête, 2009), 52 mins
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In farmers' fields around the world, major issues have arisen surrounding intensive agriculture, mechanisation, standardization of farming practices and the use of chemical products.
Field of Study
Environmental Studies
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Sven Eriksson
Author / Creator
Sylvain Braun
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
CinéFête
Series
Architects of Change
Speaker / Narrator
Sven Eriksson
Topic / Theme
Food supply, Industrialization, Farming, Agricultural pollution
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Ciné Fête
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An Army Doctor's Wife on the Frontier: Letters from Alaska and the Far West, 1874-1878
written by Emily McCorkle FitzGerald, 1850-1912; edited by Abe Laufe and Russell J. Ferguson (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1962), 352 page(s)
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written by Emily McCorkle FitzGerald, 1850-1912; edited by Abe Laufe and Russell J. Ferguson (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1962), 352 page(s)
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Letter
Contributor
Abe Laufe, Russell J. Ferguson
Author / Creator
Emily McCorkle FitzGerald, 1850-1912
Date Published / Released
1962
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Topic / Theme
American Indians, Domestic matters, Family, Health, Military life
Copyright Message
Abe Laufe, Ed., Copyright © 1962 Univeristy of Pittsburgh Press. All rights reserved. Used by permission of the University of Pittsburgh Press.
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At Table, Predictable Pleasures: Food and the Pursuit of Balance in Rural Yucatán
written by Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012; edited by Sherrie Flick, 1967-, in At Table (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 275 page(s)
The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community,...
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written by Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012; edited by Sherrie Flick, 1967-, in At Table (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2020, originally published 2020), 275 page(s)
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The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. A...
The pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatan, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, Predictable Pleasures explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. As shifting social conditions, especially a decline in agriculture and a deepening reliance on regional tourism, transform the manners in which people work and eat, residents of this community grapple with new ways of surviving and finding pleasure.
Lauren A. Wynne examines the convergence of food and balance through deep analysis of what locals describe as acts of care. Drawing together rich ethnographic data on how people produce, exchange, consume, and talk about food, this book posits food as an accessible, pleasurable, and deeply important means by which people in rural Yucatan make clear what matters to them, finding balance in a world that seems increasingly imbalanced.
Unlike many studies of globalization that point to the dissolution of local social bonds and practices, Predictable Pleasures presents an array of enduring values and practices, tracing their longevity to the material constraints of life in rural Yucatan, the deep historical and cosmological significance of food in this region, and the stubborn nature of bodily habits and tastes.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Contributor
Sherrie Flick, 1967-
Author / Creator
Lauren A. Wynne, fl. 2012
Date Published / Released
2020
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Series
At Table
Topic / Theme
Food and Commodities, Cultural communities, Tourism industry, Local foods, Agriculture, Social customs, Anthropology, Sociology, Yucatan Maya, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2020 University of Nebraska Press
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