A network for those interested in the history of nutrition and related fields. This network is intended for the growing number of scholars, teachers, documentary filmmakers, and museum and library professionals engaged with the history of nutrition in any time period or region.
Thanks for sharing, Gerard! To your question, I would hesitate to define efficacy in terms of modern ideas about healthful diets. While it is surely true that correcting some dietary deficiency would likely have been perceived as efficacious, understanding of what "works" is heavily influenced by social and cultural context and, perhaps not surprisingly, is also deeply personal or individualized (i.e., what works for *me* may not be what works for someone else).
Dear H-Nutrition members,
Those of you interested in Medieval nutrition and diet may be intrigued by two new papers concerning the Mediterranean in the 15th century.
Recently, the writing system of a Medieval manuscript was revealed to be proto-Romance: i.e., the ancestor to Spanish and the other modern Romance languages. In addition, it is written with a proto-Italic alphabet. It is the only known document of this kind and therefore has considerable linguistic and historic importance.
Thanks, Kristen, for this summary!
If you are new to H-Nutrition and are planning to attend AAHM, feel free to let us know, or just find us at the conference. Many of the H-Nutrition editors and advisory board members will be in attendance, and we'd love to meet you!
Andrew
Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.
Joshua Clark Davis. From Headshops to Whole Foods: The Rise and Fall of Activist Entrepreneurs. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. xiv + 314 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-17158-8.
Reviewed by Patrick Jones (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Published on H-1960s (March 5, 2018)
Commissioned by Zachary J. Lechner (Thomas Nelson Community College)
