Food in the Gilded Age : what ordinary Americans ate /

The Gilded Age is renowned for a variety of reasons, including its culture of conspicuous consumption among the newly rich. In the domain of food, conspicuous consumption manifested itself in appetites for expensive dishes and lavish dinner parties. These received ample publicity at the time, result...

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Main Author: Dirks, Robert, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Series:Studies in food and gastronomy.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Nutrition history
  • Mountaineers and a nutrition transition in Appalachia
  • African Americans and soul foods
  • Rich and poor and the seasonality of diet
  • Immigrants' diets
  • Contrasts.