Andrew F Smith: 19 books
Hamburger
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2008
McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc once said, “It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.” The hamburger has been a staple of American culture for the last century, both a source of gluttonous joy and a recurrent obstacle to healthy eating. Now the full beauty of the burger...
Starving the South
How the North Won the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
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. The Army of the Confederacy grew thin while...
Fast Food
The Good, the Bad and the Hungry
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
The single most influential culinary trend of our time is fast food. It has spawned an industry that has changed eating, the most fundamental of human activities. From the first flipping of burgers in tiny shacks in the western United States to the forging of neon signs that spell out “Pizza Hut”...
American Tuna
The Rise and Fall of an Improbable Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
In a lively account of the American tuna industry over the past century, celebrated food writer and scholar Andrew F. Smith relates how tuna went from being sold primarily as a fertilizer to becoming the most commonly consumed fish in the country. In American Tuna, the so-called "chicken of the...
Sugar
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
It’s no surprise that sugar has been on our minds for millennia. First cultivated in New Guinea around 8,000 B.C.E., this addictive sweetener has since come to dominate our appetites—whether in candy, desserts, soft drinks, or even pasta sauces—for better and for worse. In this book, Andrew...
Potato
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
From obscure Pre-Columbian beginnings in the Andes Mountains to global popularity today, the story of the potato is one of rags to riches. In Potato, esteemed culinary historian Andrew F. Smith reveals the captivating story of a once lowly vegetable that has changed—and continues to change—the...
The Deliberative Impulse
Motivating Discourse in Divided Societies
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
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...
New York City
A Food Biography
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
New York City’s 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. For almost 400...
Savoring Gotham
A Food Lover's Companion to New York City
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
When it comes to food, there has never been another city quite like New York. The Big Apple--a telling nickname--is the city of 50,000 eateries, of fish wriggling in Chinatown baskets, huge pastrami sandwiches on rye, fizzy egg creams, and frosted black and whites. It is home to possibly the densest...
![Book cover of Food in America: The Past, Present, and Future of Food, Farming, and the Family Meal [3 volumes]](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2017/february/300x300/9781610698597-okzl_300x.jpg)
by Andrew F. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2017
Americans are constantly besieged by conflicting messages about food, the environment, and health and nutrition. Are foods with genetically modified ingredients safe? Should we choose locally grown food? Is organic food better than conventional food? Are concentrated animal feed operations destroying...
![Book cover of Food and Drink in American History: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia [3 volumes]](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2013/october/300x300/9781610692335-BwJy_300x.jpg)
Food and Drink in American History: A "Full Course" Encyclopedia [3 volumes]
A "Full Course" Encyclopedia
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2013
This three-volume encyclopedia on the history of American food and beverages serves as an ideal companion resource for social studies and American history courses, covering topics ranging from early American Indian foods to mandatory nutrition information at fast food restaurants.
Online Communication
Linking Technology, Identity, & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
Online Communication provides an introduction to both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications. This innovative and timely textbook brings together current work in communication, political science, philosophy, popular culture, history, economics, and the humanities to present...
by Andrew F. Herrmann, Art Herbig, Tony E. Adams
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2016
Popular culture helps construct, define, and impact our everyday realities and must be taken seriously because popular culture is, simply, popular. Communication Perspectives on Popular Culture brings together communication experts with diverse backgrounds, from interpersonal communication, business...
by Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Molly Cummings Carney, Elizabeth Stringer Keefe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Teacher accountability has been a major strategy for “fixing” education for the last 2 decades. In this book, Cochran-Smith and her research team argue that it is time for teacher educators to reclaim accountability by adopting a new approach that features intelligent professional responsibility,...
12