Less Sugar, More Warships
Food as American Propaganda in the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12309463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | T E Tunc (0000-0002-2922-3916, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193-216 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | War in History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0968-3445 • E-ISSN: 1477-0385 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0968344511433158 |
| OpenAlex | W2168239597 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The use of food as American war propaganda finds its origins in the First World War, when anti-German sentiment prompted Americans to rename German foods. The First World War also signifies an important turning point in the history of American food consumption because it represents a shift in eating habits, culinary practices, and domestic food preparation, including the infiltration of fresh home-grown fruit and vegetables and preserved or canned foods into the US diet, and the introduction of supermarkets. All of these changes, however, would have been impossible without the mobilization of middle-class American women on the home front, and the synergy between civil society and government propaganda. By using poster and grass-roots campaigns to appeal to their activities in the private sphere of the household and their pre-existing activism in the public sphere, the United States Food Administration, under the leadership of Herbert Hoover, was able to convince women to ‘rally around the flag’ to change the dietary habits of both adults and children, and conserve valuable food which could be sent to the ‘starving people of Europe’ and Allied soldiers on the warfront
Appeal · Art · Economic history · German · Government (linguistics · Home front · Junk food · Mobilization · Obesity · Political science · Spanish Civil War · Turning point · World War II · American History and Culture · Asian American and Pacific Histories · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.55 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |