Bentley, Amy, 1962-

Inventing baby food : taste, health, and the industrialization of the American diet / Amy Bentley. - ix, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - California studies in food and culture .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-221) and index.

1890s to 1930s: industrial food, industrial baby food -- Shifting child-rearing philosophies and early solids: the golden age of baby food at mid-century -- 1960s to1970s: industrialization, taste, and its discontents -- 1970s to1990s: natural food, natural motherhood, and the turn toward homemade -- Reinventing food for babies in the twenty-first century.

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Infants--Nutrition--History.--United States
Food industry and trade--History.--United States

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