Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Introduction 1
4. Chapter 1. “Commutative Goodnesse”: Food and Leadership 23
5. Chapter 2. “Art of Authority”: Hunger, Plenty, and the Common Stores 49
6. Chapter 3. “By Shewing Power Purchasing Authoritie”: Gender, Status, and Food Exchanges 69
7. Chapter 4. “Would Rather Want Then Borrow, or Starve Then Not Pay”: Refiguring English Dependency 90
8. Chapter 5. “A Continuall and Dayly Table for Gentlemen of Fashion”: Eating Like a Governor 108
9. Chapter 6. “To Manifest the Greater State”: English and Indians at Table 135
10. Conclusion: “When Flesh Was Food”: Reimagining the Early Period after 1660 168
11. Notes 179
12. Index 217
13. Acknowledgments 223