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Fast Food: The Good, the Bad and the Hungry

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781780235745 | Reaktion Books, March 15, 2016, cover price $19.95

A Critique of the Moral Defense of Vegetarianism

Product Description: Drawing on research in plant science, systems ecology, environmental philosophy, and cultural anthropology, Andrew F. Smith shatters the distinction between vegetarianism and omnivorism. The book outlines the implications that these manufactured distinctions have for how we view food and ourselves as eaters...read more

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781137554888 | Palgrave Macmillan, April 27, 2016, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: Drawing on research in plant science, systems ecology, environmental philosophy, and cultural anthropology, Andrew F.

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9781349717088 | Palgrave Macmillan, February 3, 2016, cover price $99.00 | About this edition: Drawing on research in plant science, systems ecology, environmental philosophy, and cultural anthropology, Andrew F.

Sugar: A Global History

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781780234342 | Reaktion Books, May 15, 2015, cover price $18.00

Drinking History: Fifteen Turning Points in The Making of American Beverages

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780231151160 | Columbia Univ Pr, December 4, 2012, cover price $29.95

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9780231151177 | Reprint edition (Columbia Univ Pr, June 24, 2014), cover price $19.95

New York City: A Food Biography

Product Description: New York Cityâs first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis. Its cuisine has developed as a lively potluck supper, where discrete culinary traditions have survived, thrived, and interacted...read more

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781442227125 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, November 26, 2013, cover price $42.00 | About this edition: New York Cityâs first food biography showcases all the vibrancy, innovation, diversity, influence, and taste of this most-celebrated American metropolis.

Food and Drink in American History: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781610692328 | Abc-Clio Inc, October 28, 2013, cover price $310.00

American Tuna: The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780520261846 | Univ of California Pr, August 8, 2012, cover price $34.95

Fast Food and Junk Food: An Encyclopedia of What We Love to Eat

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780313393938 | 1 edition (Greenwood Pub Group, December 2, 2011), cover price $191.00

The Deliberative Impulse: Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies

Product Description: What can motivate citizens in divided societies to engage in free, open, and reasoned dialogue? Attempts by philosophers to answer this question focus largely on elucidating what citizens owe to one another as free and equal citizens, as members of a shared social context, or as agents who are mutually dependent on one another for our well-being...read more

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780739146095 | Lexington Books, March 31, 2011, cover price $80.00 | About this edition: What can motivate citizens in divided societies to engage in free, open, and reasoned dialogue?

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9780739146101 | Lexington Books, March 31, 2011, cover price $32.99

Potato: A Global History

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781861897992 | Reaktion Books, April 1, 2011, cover price $15.95

Starving the South: How the North Won the Civil War

Product Description: A historian’s new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy In April 1861, Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports used by the Confederacy for cotton and tobacco exporting as well as for the importation of food...read more

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780312601812 | St Martins Pr, April 12, 2011, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: A historian’s new look at how Union blockades brought about the defeat of a hungry Confederacy In April 1861, Lincoln ordered a blockade of Southern ports used by the Confederacy for cotton and tobacco exporting as well as for the importation of food.

Handbook of Communication in Anaesthesia & Critical Care: A Practical Guide to Exploring the Art

Product Description: This book provides anesthetists, intensivists and other critical care staff with a comprehensive resource that offers ways of improving communication in everyday clinical practice, and provides practical communication tools that can be used in difficult or unfamiliar circumstances...read more

By Andrew F. Smith (editor)

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9780199577286 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 30, 2010, cover price $70.00 | About this edition: This book provides anesthetists, intensivists and other critical care staff with a comprehensive resource that offers ways of improving communication in everyday clinical practice, and provides practical communication tools that can be used in difficult or unfamiliar circumstances.

Eating History: 30 Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780231140928 | Columbia Univ Pr, October 1, 2009, cover price $29.95

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9780231140935 | Columbia Univ Pr, May 23, 2011, cover price $19.95

Real American Food: Restaurants, Markets, and Shops Plus Favorite Hometown Recipes

Product Description: Real American Food draws from Burt Wolf's lifetime of experiences traveling the country producing programming for PBS. Packed with fascinating trivia and history, this book defines the distinctive contributions of key regions to American cuisine...read more

By Burt Wolf

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9780789320063, titled "Real American Food: Restaurants, Markets and Shops Plus Favorite Hometown Recipes" | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, September 15, 2009, cover price $12.98 | About this edition: Real American Food draws from Burt Wolf's lifetime of experiences traveling the country producing programming for PBS.

9780847827923 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, July 18, 2006, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Presents an introduction to regional cuisine centered around ten major American cities, with representative recipes and information on local chefs, restaurants, and food markets, and short histories on dining traditions and favorite dishes.

The Turkey: An American Story

Product Description: “Talking turkey” about the bird you thought you knewFondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cultural symbol as well as a multi-billion dollar industry. As a bird, dinner, commodity, and as a national icon, the turkey has become as American as the bald eagle (with which it actually competed for supremacy on national insignias)...read more

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780252031632 | 1 edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, November 2, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: In a multifaceted, panoramic study of the American wild turkey, a food historian sheds new light on the all-American bird and its significance as a holiday feast mainstay, tracing the history of the turkey, its natural history and life cycle, and its vast culinary possibililties, including more than one hundred historical and modern turkey recipes.

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9780252076879 | Univ of Illinois Pr, July 31, 2009, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: “Talking turkey” about the bird you thought you knewFondly remembered as the centerpiece of family Thanksgiving reunions, the turkey is a cultural symbol as well as a multi-billion dollar industry.

The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink

Product Description: A sweeping reference work on food and drink in America, with fascinating entries on everything from the history of White Castle to the origin of the Bloody Mary, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink provides more than a thousand concise, authoritative, and exuberant entries, beautifully illustrated with hundreds of historical photographs and sixteen pages of color plates...read more

By Andrew F. Smith (editor)

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9780195307962 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, May 1, 2007, cover price $65.00 | About this edition: A panoramic history of the culinary traditions, culture, and evolution of American food and drink features nearly one thousand entries, essays, and articles on such topics as fast food, celebrity chefs, regional and ethnic cuisine, social and cultural food history, food science, and more, along with hundreds of photographs and lists of food museums, Web sites, festivals, and organizations.

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9780195387094 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 30, 2009, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: A sweeping reference work on food and drink in America, with fascinating entries on everything from the history of White Castle to the origin of the Bloody Mary, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink provides more than a thousand concise, authoritative, and exuberant entries, beautifully illustrated with hundreds of historical photographs and sixteen pages of color plates.

Hamburger: A Global History

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781861893901 | 1 edition (Reaktion Books, October 7, 2008), cover price $15.95

Peanuts: The Illustrious History of the Goober Pea

A culinary history of the protein-laden legume follows the peanut's rise from a lowly, messy snack food to its place in haute cuisine and on candy racks across America, and highlights the peanut's pioneers, economic influences, and role in health trends.

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780252025532 | Univ of Illinois Pr, August 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A culinary history of the protein-laden legume follows the peanut's rise from a lowly, messy snack food to its place in haute cuisine and on candy racks across America, and highlights the peanut's pioneers, economic influences, and role in health trends.

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9780252073281 | Reprint edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, December 29, 2006), cover price $16.95

Encyclopedia of Junk Food And Fast Food

Essays cover the history of junk foods and convenience foods, along with information on health, diet, and current controversies surrounding the consumption of this type of food.

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780313335273 | 1 edition (Greenwood Pub Group, August 30, 2006), cover price $94.00 | About this edition: Essays cover the history of junk foods and convenience foods, along with information on health, diet, and current controversies surrounding the consumption of this type of food.

Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne

Product Description: Leo Cherne's life brimmed with paradox and improbability. He was born in the Bronx to a poor, immigrant, Jewish family, and yet rose to the heights of economic and political power in WASP America. A successful entrepreneur and an unofficial advisor to nine presidents, he nevertheless devoted the majority of his time to humanitarian causes, particularly the International Rescue Committee, which he chaired for forty years...read more

By Andrew F. Smith

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9780791453797 | State Univ of New York Pr, August 1, 2002, cover price $59.50 | About this edition: The president of the American Forum for Global Education illuminates the life and accomplishments of a man who has served as advisor to nine presidents, contributed to numerous humanitarian causes, and profoundly influenced American foriegn policy.

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9780791453803 | State Univ of New York Pr, January 30, 2005, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Leo Cherne's life brimmed with paradox and improbability.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

'Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink. Professor of Culinary History Andrew Smith and nearly 200 authors bring together in 770 entries the scholarship on wide-ranging topics from airline and funeral food to fad diets and fast food; drinks like lemonade, Kool-Aid, and Tang; foodstuffs like Jell-O, Twinkies, and Spam; and Dagwood, hoagie, and Sloppy Joe sandwiches.'--'Reference that rocks,' American Libraries, May 2005.

By Andrew F. Smith (editor)

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9780199734962 | 2 edition (Oxford Univ Pr, November 30, 2012), cover price $595.00

9780195154375 | Oxford Univ Pr, December 9, 2004, cover price $315.00 | About this edition: 'Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink.

Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America

By Andrew F. Smith (editor)

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9780195175516 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 1, 2004, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: 'Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink.

9780195175523 | Oxford Univ Pr, September 1, 2004, cover price $55.01 | About this edition: 'Home cooks and gourmets, chefs and restaurateurs, epicures, and simple food lovers of all stripes will delight in this smorgasbord of the history and culture of food and drink.

Romancing the Stove: Celebrated Recipes and Delicious Fun for Every Kitchen Goddess

Celebrates the sensual pleasures of cooking in a collection that includes such unusual fare as Cookie Dough Pancakes and Mango Tapioca Pudding, providing additional practical tips, food facts, quotes, and stories. Reprint.

By Margie Lapanja and Andrew F. Smith (foreword by)

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9781573248587 | Reprint edition (Conari Pr, January 1, 2003), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Recipes blending attitude, sensuality, and appetite for life include fare for picnics, holiday feasts, and intimate snacking.

The Tomato in America: Early History, Culture, and Cookery

'Serious scholarly study traces biological origins of the tomato and evolution of human attitude toward its use from preconquest western South America, the Central America isthmus, and Mexico to 16th-century Europe. Then follows path of the tomato back across the Atlantic to 19th-century US. Also identifies another possible route for the tomato from the Caribbean to southeastern US. Drawn from scientific, medical, and historical works as well as traditional cookbooks'--Handbook of Latin American Studies,v. 58.http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ (view table of contents)

By Andrew F. Smith

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9781570030000 | Univ of South Carolina Pr, October 1, 1994, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: 'Serious scholarly study traces biological origins of the tomato and evolution of human attitude toward its use from preconquest western South America, the Central America isthmus, and Mexico to 16th-century Europe.

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9780252070099 | Reprint edition (Univ of Illinois Pr, October 16, 2001), cover price $25.00

Popped Culture: A Social History of Popcorn in America

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By Andrew F. Smith

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9781570033001 | Univ of South Carolina Pr, May 1, 1999, cover price $24.95

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9781560989219 | Smithsonian Inst Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $16.95

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