{"product_id":"american-bacon-the-history-of-a-food-phenomenon-9780820375403","title":"American Bacon: The History of a Food Phenomenon","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Bacon\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark A. Johnson asks (and answers) a seemingly simple question: How has bacon overcome centuries of religious prohibition, cultural contempt, and dietary advice to become a twenty-first-century culinary and cultural powerhouse? Starting in early modern Britain and tracing the story of bacon through the colonial era, the Civil War, the Progressive Era, modern fad diets, and the emerging craft bacon industry, Johnson provides a new perspective on some familiar American narratives. More than a story of production, marketing, and consumption, Johnson argues, this cultural history connects bacon to race, class, and gender while also illuminating major historical forces, such as migration, warfare, urbanization and suburbanization, reform movements, cultural trends, and globalization. For Johnson, bacon's story from \"most dangerous food in the supermarket\" to pop culture and gastronomic phenomenon reflects the cultural values of a nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark A. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.05h x 6.43w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820375403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMARK A. JOHNSON, from Milwaukee, earned a PhD in history from the University of Alabama. Previously, he earned an MA from the University of Maryland and BA from Purdue University. He currently teaches at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Irresistible History of Alabama Barbecue: From Wood Pit to White Sauce\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRough Tactics: Black Performance in Political Spectacle, 1877-1932\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Mark A. Johnson \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47858773131421,"sku":"9780820375403","price":55.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_e6eed67e-99bf-4163-940f-566e44c2998e.jpg?v=1776859837","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/american-bacon-the-history-of-a-food-phenomenon-9780820375403","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}