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Political Gastronomy examines the many meanings of food as a symbol of power in the daily life and the political culture of early America. Struggling to establish status and precedence, English settlers and American Indians alike conveyed authority through shared meals and other significant exchanges of food.

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Introduction
Chapter 1. "Commutative Goodnesse": Food and Leadership
Chapter 2. "Art of Authority": Hunger, Plenty, and the Common Stores
Chapter 3. "By Shewing Power Purchasing Authoritie": Gender, Status, and Food Exchanges
Chapter 4. "Would Rather Want Then Borrow, or Starve Then Not Pay": Refiguring English Dependency
Chapter 5. "A Continuall and Dayly Table for Gentlemen of Fashion": Eating Like a Governor
Chapter 6. "To Manifest the Greater State": English and Indians at Table
Conclusion. "When Flesh Was Food": Reimagining the Early Period after 1660
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 13/08/2012
      ISBN13: 9780812244182, 978-0812244182
      ISBN10: 0812244184
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Political Gastronomy examines the many meanings of food as a symbol of power in the daily life and the political culture of early America. Struggling to establish status and precedence, English settlers and American Indians alike conveyed authority through shared meals and other significant exchanges of food.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      Chapter 1. "Commutative Goodnesse": Food and Leadership
      Chapter 2. "Art of Authority": Hunger, Plenty, and the Common Stores
      Chapter 3. "By Shewing Power Purchasing Authoritie": Gender, Status, and Food Exchanges
      Chapter 4. "Would Rather Want Then Borrow, or Starve Then Not Pay": Refiguring English Dependency
      Chapter 5. "A Continuall and Dayly Table for Gentlemen of Fashion": Eating Like a Governor
      Chapter 6. "To Manifest the Greater State": English and Indians at Table
      Conclusion. "When Flesh Was Food": Reimagining the Early Period after 1660
      Notes
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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