Urban Appetites : Food and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York /

Glossy magazines write about them, celebrities give their names to them, and you'd better believe there's an app (or ten) committed to finding you the right one. They are New York City restaurants and food shops. And their journey to international notoriety is a captivating one. The now-bo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lobel, Cindy R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2014]
Colección:Historical Studies of Urban America
Temas:
Food consumption > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Food habits > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Food supply > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / General.
restaurants, food shops, new york city, culture, history, nonfiction, entertainment, dining, celebrity, urban, domesticity, consumerism, gastronomy, broadway, amsterdam, travel, tourism, hospitality, destination, diversity, cuisine, michelin, exoticism, abundance, wealth, class, farm to table, family kitchens, sustainability, culinary arts, foodies, sociology, immigration, ethnic, international, anthropology.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • One. "Convenient to the New York Market": Feeding New York City in the Early National Period, 1786-1830
  • Two. "The Glory of a Plenteous Land": The Transformation of New York's Food Supply, 1825-1865
  • Three. "Monuments of Municipal Malfeasance": The Flip Side of Dietary Abundance, 1825-1865
  • Four. "To See and Be Seen": Restaurants and Public Culture, 1825-1865
  • Five. "No Place More Attractive than Home": Domesticity and Consumerism, 1830-1880
  • Six. "The Empire of Gastronomy": New York and the World, 1850-1890
  • Conclusion. From the Broadway Shambles to New Amsterdam Market
  • Notes
  • Index

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