FREN 194: Food in French and Francophone Cultures: the Local and the Global
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French Cooking in the Mac LibraryA custom search in WorldCat for books on French cooking, including several historical works dating back to the 17th century.
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
Call Number: EbookAlphabetical entries covering a broad range of topics in the area of food and culture. Topics range from specific foods and preparation methods to the social uses and implications of food and the pursuit of food. Bibliographies are provided for further study.
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Food and Drink in HistoryPrimary source material documenting the story of food and drink throughout history. The materials in this collection illustrate the deep links between food and identity, politics and power, gender, race and socio-economic status, as well as charting key issues around agriculture, nutrition and food production.
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Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration & Cultural ExchangeThis resource brings together manuscript, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history. The commodities featured in this resource have been transported, exchanged and consumed around the world for hundreds of years. They helped transform societies, global trading operations, habits of consumption and social practices.
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Academic Search PremierInterdisciplinary resource with popular, scholarly, and peer-reviewed articles and citations. Includes speeches, newspapers, and polls.
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America: History and Life
Index of scholarly journals, books, and dissertations covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada from before European contact to the present.
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Historical Abstracts
Index covering world history (excluding the United States and Canada). It includes hundreds of history journals and books, plus useful features such as the ability to search by time period.
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AfricaBib
A collection of Africana social science titles consisting of 2 bibliographic databases covering Africana periodical literature and African Women's literature.
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African Journals Online (AJOL)The world’s largest online library of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals.
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Erudit Érudit is the largest disseminator of French-language resources in North America. Through its research platform, Érudit offers a centralized access to the majority of francophone publications in the social sciences and humanities from North America, including scholarly and cultural journals, books, conference proceedings, theses and dissertations, as well as various research documents and data.
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PerseéA rich, open-access database of French-language research in the humanities.
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ARTFL Project (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)Access to French texts from the 12th through 20th centuries ranging from classic works of literature to non-fiction prose and technical writing.
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Dictionnaire Alphabetique et Analogique de la Langue Francaise Call Number: MAC Reference PC2625 .R552 1992 An historical dictionary of the French language, it includes the etymology of the word along with definitions, antonyms and synonyms.
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KanopyVideo streaming service offering films from independent and specialty producers, with a focus on documentary films. Videos and clips can be embedded into Moodle.
Local Resources and Organization
A handful of links to local resources and organizations in the Twin Cities to kick-start your research process.
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Doris S. Kirschner Cookbook Collection The Doris S. Kirschner Cookbook Collection is located at the University of Minnesota’s Magrath Library on the St. Paul campus. It contains more than 5,600 items including cookbooks, pamphlets, and recipes ranging in date from 1890-present. The original collection was donated by Doris S. Kirschner in 1985 and has grown with further donations and acquisitions. the Kirschner Collection is intended to be used by the public as well as the University community. Items from the collection cannot be checked out, but may be photographed, scanned, or photocopied using equipment in the library.
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Alliance Francaise of Minneapolis/Saint Paul The mission of Alliance Française Mpls/St Paul, an independent chapter of a worldwide organization, is to serve our community by promoting the use and appreciation of French language and cultures through language classes, cultural programs, social events and information resources.
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