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First Helpings

Name: First Helpings
Brand: Reaktion Books
SKU: 9781836391814
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ISBN: 9781836391814

A History of Children and Food

Contributor(s): Deborah Albon Author , Amy Palmer Author Format: Hardback

Hardback · ISBN 9781836391814

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Key Specifications

ISBN	9781836391814
Subtitle	A History of Children and Food
Publisher	Reaktion Books
Publication date	May 2026
Language	English
MRP	£18.00 GBP
Page count	312
Item weight	114 g

What should children eat and why? How should they eat it and what should they learn about food? Answers to questions like these have differed over time. First Helpings explores the relationship between children and food in history, drawing on a rich variety of social records, cookery and etiquette books and children’s literature. Topics covered include breast versus bottle feeding, the difference between ‘adult’ and ‘children’s’ food and drink, table manners, school meals and learning to cook. Albon and Palmer discuss wider social issues, such as teaching children about the ethics of food choices, the role children have played in food production and the ever-present scandal of hungry children in society. First Helpings provides a unique look at childhood and eating that relates past to present and considers ways forward.

First Helpings

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Deborah Albon Author

Amy Palmer Author

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