Cultural modeling in two eras of U.S. food protest: Grahamites (1830s) and organic advocates (1960s-70s)

Social Problems

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 461-487

  Haydu, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative historical sociology; Culture; Food; Framing; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960616127     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.3.461     Document Type: Article

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