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The “Mad Men” of Nutrition: The Drinking Man’s Diet and Mid-Twentieth-Century American Masculinity

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Pages 189-206 | Received 19 Dec 2016, Accepted 23 Nov 2017, Published online: 06 Feb 2018

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