Food In The Gilded Age

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Food in the American Gilded Age

Food in the American Gilded Age
2017
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Published by: Michigan State University Press

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Food was incredibly various in post–Civil War America. It was an era of gross income inequality, and differences in diet reflected the deep disparities between upper and lower classes, as well equally the expansion of a flourishing centre class. In this book, excerpts from a wide range of Gilded Age sources—from period cookbooks to advice manuals to dietary studies—reveal how jarringly eating and cooking differed between classes and regions at a time when engineering and industrialization were transforming what and how people ate. Nigh of all, they testify how strongly the fabled glitz of wealthy Americans in the Gold Age assorted with the lives of most Americans. Featuring a variety of sources as well equally attainable essays putting those sources into context, this book provides a remarkable portrait of nutrient in a atypical era in American history, giving a glimpse into the kinds of meals eaten everywhere from high guild banquets to the meanest tenements and sharecropping cabins.

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Related ISBN(s)

9781611862355

Launched on MUSE

2017-03-08

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