Author Biography

Shane Hamilton (Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology) is associate professor of history at the University of Georgia, where he specializes in social and political histories of technology, capitalism, and agriculture. His book, Trucking Country: The Road to Americas Wal-Mart Economy, won the Theodore Saloutos Award for Best Book in Agricultural History. He has published numerous articles and reviews in economic, agricultural, and technological history.Sarah Phillips (Ph.D., Boston University) is associate professor of history at Boston University, where she specializes in American political history. The author of This Land, This Nation: Conservation, Rural America, and the New Deal, she has also written essays and articles in environmental, agricultural, and transnational history.

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Foreword Preface List of Illustrations PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE KITCHEN DEBATE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT From Hot to Cold War"Peaceful Competition"The Politics of AbundanceThe Culture of ContainmentThe Politics of Food and Farms PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS 1. The Kitchen Debate Selling the American Way 1. "People''s Capitalism--This IS America," Collier''s, January 6, 19562. Llewellyn E. Thompson, U.S. Ambassador''s Telegram on Plans for the American National Exhibition Plans , November 17, 19583. Office of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, "Kitchens of Today and Tomorrow Slated for Moscow Exhibition , " USIA Press Release, February 9, 19594. American "Kitchen of Today," photo or design to come5. Office of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, "Cooking Display in Moscow to Feature American Dishes , " USIA Press Release, May 13, 19596. Jerry Marlatt, Letter to President Dwight Eisenhower, July 10, 1959 Nixon Goes to Moscow 7. "The Two Worlds: A Day-Long Debate," New York Times, July 25, 19598. Ye. Litoshko, "A Talk to the Point," Pravda, July 25, 19599. Alan L. Otten, "Russians Eagerly Tour U.S. Exhibit Despite Cool Official Attitude," Wall Street Journal, July 28, 195910. V. Osipov, "First Day, First Impressions," Izvestia, July 26, 195911. Max Frankel, "Ivan Appears to Like the Way Joneses Live," New York Times, August 2, 195912. Vladimir Zhukov, "What the Facts Say," Pravda, July 28, 195913. Home Economists Demonstrate Convenience Foods, American National Exhibition photograph, July 195914. Russian Kitchen Exhibit, "Everything for Soviet Man" photograph, August 5,1959 Responses to Nixon''s Visit 15. Edward L. Freers, U.S. Diplomat''s Telegram on the American National Exhibition, September 8, 195916. Favorable Comments on Exhibition, September 195917. Unfavorable Comments on Exhibition, September 195918. Ye. Litoshko, "On Nixon''s Visit to the Urals," Pravda, July 31, 195919. Bill Mauldin, "Boy, Did He Tell Them Off!," July 26, 195920. Nikita Khrushchev, Speech in Dnepropetrovsk, July 28, 1959 2. Consumers and Consensus Capitalist Consumer Citizens 21. Alex Henderson, "Why We Eat Better," Better Living, November 195122. John A. Logan, Speech on Modern Food Distribution, November 195823. John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, 195824. Herblock, "Split-Level Living," Washington Post cartoon, March 9, 1960 Socialist Consumer Citizens 25. Edmund Nash, Report on Purchasing Power of Soviet Workers, 195326. Nikita Khrushchev, Speech on the 1959 Soviet Seven-Year Economic Plan, January 195927. Y. Ve. Semichastny, Communist Youth and Consumerism, 195928. A Soviet Woman Questions Consumerism, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1962 3. An Easier Life for our Housewives A Servantless Kitchen? 29. Lita Price and Harriet Bonnet, How to Manage Without a Maid, 194230. "Goodbye Mammy, Hello Mom," Ebony, March 194731. Jean Harris, "You Have 1001 Servants in Your Kitchen," House Beautiful, March 195132. Max Yarno, "A Trip to the Supermarket," Fortune photograph, October 195333. Poppy Cannon, The Can-Opener Cookbook, 195234. "Campbell Soup President Sees Trend Toward Entrees," Quick Frozen Foods, March 195735. Peg Bracken, The I Hate to Cook Book, 1960 Socialist Kitchens 36. Maria Ovsyannikova, "The Woman in Soviet Life," USSR, March 195937. R. Podol''nyi, "Technology on the March," Sem-ia i shkola 195938. Marietta Shaginian, "Reflections on the American Exhibition," Izvestia, August 23, 195939. I. Luchkova and A. Sikachev, "Is There a Science of the Home?," Nauka i zhizn'' , October 1964 4. Down on the Farm Abundance and Rivalry 40. Lauren Soth, "If the Russians Want More Meat," Des Moines Register, February 10, 195541. Edmund K. Faltermayer, "Farmer Khrushchev," Wall Street Journal, August 10, 195942. Nikita Khrushchev, Speech in Des Moines, Iowa, September 22, 1959 The Problems of Plenty 43. John Kenneth Galbraith, Speech on the Farm Problem and the Policy Choices, February 195844. Erwin D. Canham, Speech on the Farmer in the Space Age, October 7, 1959 Agricultural Diplomacy 45. Orville Freeman, Memo to the President re Tour of the Soviet Union, July 30,196346. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Report on the Significance of Four Million Tons of U.S. Wheat for Food Consumption in the USSR, October 15,196347. Nikita Khrushchev, " We Have Not Achieved the Abundance We Desire," Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, 200648. Khrushchev in Kazakh Wheat Field, USIA photograph, August 1964 Appendixes A Chronology of the Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics (1941-1971)Questions for ConsiderationSelected Bibliography Index

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Foreword Preface List of Illustrations PART ONE. INTRODUCTION: THE KITCHEN DEBATE IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT From Hot to Cold War"Peaceful Competition"The Politics of AbundanceThe Culture of ContainmentThe Politics of Food and Farms PART TWO. THE DOCUMENTS 1. The Kitchen Debate Selling the American Way 1. "People''s Capitalism--This IS America," Collier''s, January 6, 19562. Llewellyn E. Thompson, U.S. Ambassador''s Telegram on Plans for the American National Exhibition Plans , November 17, 19583. Office of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, "Kitchens of Today and Tomorrow Slated for Moscow Exhibition , " USIA Press Release, February 9, 19594. American "Kitchen of Today," photo or design to come5. Office of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, "Cooking Display in Moscow to Feature American Dishes , " USIA Press Release, May 13, 19596. Jerry Marlatt, Letter to President Dwight Eisenhower, July 10, 1959 Nixon Goes to Moscow 7. "The Two Worlds: A Day-Long Debate," New York Times, July 25, 19598. Ye. Litoshko, "A Talk to the Point," Pravda, July 25, 19599. Alan L. Otten, "Russians Eagerly Tour U.S. Exhibit Despite Cool Official Attitude," Wall Street Journal, July 28, 195910. V. Osipov, "First Day, First Impressions," Izvestia, July 26, 195911. Max Frankel, "Ivan Appears to Like the Way Joneses Live," New York Times, August 2, 195912. Vladimir Zhukov, "What the Facts Say," Pravda, July 28, 195913. Home Economists Demonstrate Convenience Foods, American National Exhibition photograph, July 195914. Russian Kitchen Exhibit, "Everything for Soviet Man" photograph, August 5,1959 Responses to Nixon''s Visit 15. Edward L. Freers, U.S. Diplomat''s Telegram on the American National Exhibition, September 8, 195916. Favorable Comments on Exhibition, September 195917. Unfavorable Comments on Exhibition, September 195918. Ye. Litoshko, "On Nixon''s Visit to the Urals," Pravda, July 31, 195919. Bill Mauldin, "Boy, Did He Tell Them Off!," July 26, 195920. Nikita Khrushchev, Speech in Dnepropetrovsk, July 28, 1959 2. Consumers and Consensus Capitalist Consumer Citizens 21. Alex Henderson, "Why We Eat Better," Better Living, November 195122. John A. Logan, Speech on Modern Food Distribution, November 195823. John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, 195824. Herblock, "Split-Level Living," Washington Post cartoon, March 9, 1960 Socialist Consumer Citizens 25. Edmund Nash, Report on Purchasing Power of Soviet Workers, 195326. Nikita Khrushchev, Speech on the 1959 Soviet Seven-Year Economic Plan, January 195927. Y. Ve. Semichastny, Communist Youth and Consumerism, 195928. A Soviet Woman Questions Consumerism, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 1962 3. An Easier Life for our Housewives A Servantless Kitchen? 29. Lita Price and Harriet Bonnet, How to Manage Without a Maid, 194230. "Goodbye Mammy, Hello Mom," Ebony, March 194731. Jean Harris, "You Have 1001 Servants in Your Kitchen," House Beautiful, March 195132. Max Yarno, "A Trip to the Supermarket," Fortune photograph, October 195333. Poppy Cannon, The Can-Opener Cookbook, 195234. "Campbell Soup President Sees Trend Toward Entrees," Quick Frozen Foods, March 195735. Peg Bracken, The I Hate to Cook Book, 1960 Socialist Kitchens 36. Maria Ovsyannikova, "The Woman in Soviet Life," USSR, March 195937. R. Podol''nyi, "Technology on the March," Sem-ia i shkola 195938. Marietta Shaginian, "Reflections on the American Exhibition," Izvestia, August 23, 195939. I. Luchkova and A. Sikachev, "Is There a Science of the Home?," Nauka i zhizn'' , October 1964 4. Down on the Farm Abundance and Rivalry 40. Lauren Soth, "If the Russians Want More Meat," Des Moines Register, February 10, 195541. Edmund K. Faltermayer, "Farmer Khrushchev," Wall Street Journal, August 10, 195942. Nikita Khrushchev, Speech in Des Moines, Iowa, September 22, 1959 The Problems of Plenty 43. John Kenneth Galbraith, Speech on the Farm Problem and the Policy Choices, February 195844. Erwin D. Canham, Speech on the Farmer in the Space Age, October 7, 1959 Agricultural Diplomacy 45. Orville Freeman, Memo to the President re Tour of the Soviet Union, July 30,196346. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Report on the Significance of Four Million Tons of U.S. Wheat for Food Consumption in the USSR, October 15,196347. Nikita Khrushchev, " We Have Not Achieved the Abundance We Desire," Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev, 200648. Khrushchev in Kazakh Wheat Field, USIA photograph, August 1964 Appendixes A Chronology of the Kitchen Debate and Cold War Consumer Politics (1941-1971)Questions for ConsiderationSelected Bibliography Index

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