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Earle, Rebecca (2018) Promoting potatoes in 18th-century Europe. Eighteenth-Century Studies, 51 (2). pp. 147-162. doi:10.1353/ecs.2017.0057 ISSN 0013-2586.

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Abstract

Eating acquired an unprecedented political resonance during the eighteenth century. This article uses the promotion of the potato as an Enlightenment super-food to trace the emergence of new models of political economy and governance, which stressed the importance of a healthy, well-nourished population to the strength and wealth of the state. Integrating the slower history of the potato's conquest of European dietaries with its frenetic promotion in the late eighteenth century illuminates the central role that everyday eating practices came to play in Enlightened models of statecraft.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: S Agriculture > SB Plant culture
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > History
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Potatoes -- History -- Europe -- 18th century, Potatoes -- Nutritional aspects -- History
Journal or Publication Title: Eighteenth-Century Studies
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN: 0013-2586
Official Date: 2018
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2018Published
February 2017Available
29 June 2017Accepted
Volume: 51
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 147-162
DOI: 10.1353/ecs.2017.0057
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 4 July 2017
Date of first compliant Open Access: 4 July 2017
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