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Author Hilliard, Sam Bowers, author

Title Hog meat and hoecake : food supply in the Old South, 1840-1860 / Sam Bowers Hilliard ; with a foreword by James C. Cobb
Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2014]
©1972
©2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Southern Foodways Alliance studies in culture, people, and place
Southern Foodways Alliance studies in culture, people, and place.
Contents Cover; Contents; Figures and Tables; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Self-sufficiency: The developing American Farm; 2 The problems of subsistence; 3 All kinds of good rations -- 4 The forests, streams, and the sea; 5 Pork: The South's first choice; 6 Beefsteaks and buttermilk; 7 The occasional diversion; 8 Corn pone and light bread; 9 Rounding out the fare; 10 Making up the shortage; 11 Independence for some; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary When historical geographer Sam B. Hilliard's book Hog Meat and Hoecake was published in 1972, it was ahead of its time. It was one of the first scholarly examinations of the important role food played in a region's history, culture, and politics, and it has since become a landmark of foodways scholarship. In the book Hilliard examines the food supply, dietary habits, and agricultural choices of the antebellum American South, including Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. He explores the major southern food sources at the time, the r
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Food supply -- Southern States -- History
Food consumption -- Southern States -- History
Food habits -- Southern States -- History
Food Habits -- history
Feeding Behavior -- history
Agriculture -- history
Food Supply -- history
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- 19th Century.
Food consumption
Food habits
Food supply
SUBJECT Southern States -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125643
Subject Southern States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780820347028
0820347027