Turning the tables : restaurants and the rise of the American middle class, 1880-1920 / Andrew P. Haley.
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TextPublication details: Chapel Hill, N.C. : London, University of North Carolina Press ; 2011Description: xiv, 356 p. : illISBN: 9780807834749 (hbk.) :; 0807834742 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Restaurants -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Middle class -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Consumption (Economics) -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 647.9'573 Summary: Drawing on culinary magazines, menus, restaurant journals and newspaper accounts, Haley traces material changes to restaurants at the turn of the century that demonstrate that the clash between the upper class and the middle class over American consumer culture shaped the 'tang and feel' of life in the 20th century.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on culinary magazines, menus, restaurant journals and newspaper accounts, Haley traces material changes to restaurants at the turn of the century that demonstrate that the clash between the upper class and the middle class over American consumer culture shaped the 'tang and feel' of life in the 20th century.
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