{"product_id":"politics-of-the-pantry-housewives-food-and-consumer-protest-in-twentieth-century-america-9780190685591","title":"Politics of the Pantry: Housewives, Food, and Consumer Protest in Twentieth-Century America","description":"The history of women's political involvement has focused heavily on electoral politics, but throughout the twentieth century women engaged in grassroots activism when they found it increasingly challenging to feed their families and balance their household ledgers. \u003cem\u003ePolitics of the Pantry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eexamines how working- and middle-class American housewives used their identity as housewives to protest the high cost of food. In doing so, housewives' relationships with the state evolved over the course of the century. Shifting the focus away from the workplace as a site of protest, Emily E. LB.\u003cbr\u003eTwarog looks to the homefront as a starting point for protest in the public sphere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a focus on food consumption rather than production, Twarog looks closely at the ways food--specifically meat--was used by women as a political tool. Engaging in domestic politics, housewives both challenged and embraced the social and economic order as they sought to craft a unique political\u003cbr\u003evoice and build a consumer movement focused on the home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book examines key moments when women used consumer actions to embrace their socially ascribed roles as housewives to demand economic stability for their families and communities. These include the Depression-era meat boycott of 1935, the consumer coalitions of the New Deal, and the wave of\u003cbr\u003econsumer protests between 1966 and 1973. Twarog introduces numerous labor and consumer activists and their organizations in both urban and suburban areas--Detroit, greater Chicago, Long Island, and Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily E. Lb Twarog\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190685591\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily E. LB. Twarog\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Assistant Professor Labor Studies and American History in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929217908851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_068f34bc-1501-4327-ac64-54741c21b06e.jpg?v=1647611752","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/politics-of-the-pantry-housewives-food-and-consumer-protest-in-twentieth-century-america-9780190685591","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}