Food and Foodways in Italy from 1861 to the Present

Despite being a universal experience, eating occures with remarkable variety across time and place: not only do we not eat the same things, but the related technologies, rituals, and even the timing are in constant flux. This lively and innovative history paints a fresco of the Italian nation by looking at its storied relationship to food. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 8 Preface 10 1 The Luxury of the Aristocracy (Or the Building of the Unitary State, 1861–1880) 13 2 Nature and Culture in the Peasant World (Or the Zenith and Crisis of Liberalism, 1881–1900) 39 3 Eating in the City (Or Industrial Development, 1901–1914) 64 4 Homemade Meals (Or Fascism and the Two World Wars, 1915–1949) 91 5 The Great Transformation (Or Economic Growth in the Postwar Period, 1950–1973) 119 6 Cuisine in the Age of Globalization (Or the Affluent Society, 1974–1993) 151 7 Eating in the Twenty-First Century (Or the Time of Complexity, since 1994) 180 Epilogue 213 Tables 217 Notes 229 Index 256 Front Matter....Pages i-xi The Luxury of the Aristocracy....Pages 1-26 Nature and Culture in the Peasant World....Pages 27-51 Eating in the City....Pages 53-79 Homemade Meals....Pages 81-108 The Great Transformation....Pages 109-140 Cuisine in the Age of Globalization....Pages 141-169 Eating in the Twenty-First Century....Pages 171-203 Epilogue....Pages 205-208 Back Matter....Pages 209-264