School Lunch Politics : : The Surprising History of America's Favorite Welfare Program / / Susan Levine.

Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. School Lunch Politics covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twent...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2008
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Politics and Society in Modern America ; 82
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 8 halftones. 1 line illus. 6 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION. The Politics of Lunch
  • CHAPTER 1. A Diet for Americans
  • CHAPTER 2. Welfare for Farmers and Children
  • CHAPTER 3. Nutrition Standards and Standard Diets
  • CHAPTER 4. A National School Lunch Program
  • CHAPTER 5. Ideals and Realities in the Lunchroom
  • CHAPTER 6. No Free Lunch
  • CHAPTER 7. A Right to Lunch
  • CHAPTER 8. Let Them Eat Ketchup
  • EPILOGUE. Fast Food and Poor Children
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter