The Politics of the Table

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface: The Menu
1. Introduction: Bodies that Eat and Drink
Part I: "The Kitchen is the Laboratory of the Housewife": The Circulation of Nutritional Science, 1890–1930
2. From Calories to Vitamins: Nutrition in the Laboratory
3. Feeding the Sick: Nutrition and Authority in the Sick Room and the Clinic
4. Under the Hygiene Eye: Nutrition at the German Hygiene Museum
5. How to Cook Your Vegetables: From the Factory to the Kitchen
Part II: "The Cooking Spoon is the Scepter of the People's Health": Nutrition & World War I
6. "More Than Bitter": The Blockade and Rationing in Saxony and Bavaria
7. "I Am Not a Taste Barbarian": Food and the Senses during World War I
8. Cooking Out but Eating In: The Politics of the Family Table during World War I
9. From the Kitchen to the Bedside: Sick Rations in Germany during World War I
10. Conclusion: Nutritional Knowledge and Ignorance in the Third Reich
Bibliography
Index