The Donut : A Canadian History /

In Canada, the donut is often thought of as the unofficial national food. Donuts are sold at every intersection and rest stop, celebrated in song and story as symbols of Canadian identity, and one chain in particular, Tim Horton's, has become a veritable icon with over 2500 shops across the cou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Penfold, Steven, 1966-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2008
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social conditions.
Franchises (Retail trade)
Fast food restaurants > Social aspects.
Fast food restaurants > Economic aspects.
Consumption (Economics)
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Consommation (Économie politique) > Canada > Histoire.
Concessions (Commerce de detail) > Canada > Histoire.
Restaurants-minute > Aspect social > Canada.
Restaurants-minute > Aspect economique > Canada.
Beignes (Pâtisserie) > Aspect social > Canada.
Consumption (Economics) > Canada > History.
Franchises (Retail trade) > Canada > History.
Fast food restaurants > Social aspects > Canada.
Fast food restaurants > Economic aspects > Canada.
Doughnuts > Social aspects > Canada.
Canada.
Canada > Conditions sociales > 1945-
Canada > Social conditions > 1945-
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: History from the bottomless cup
  • Faith, efficiency, and the modern donut: inventing a mass commodity, 1920-1960
  • 'Our new palace of donut pleasure': the donut shop and consumer culture, 1961-1976
  • 'He must give up certain things': franchising and the making of the donut shop, 1960-1980
  • Expansion and transformation: colonizing the Canadian foodscape, 1974-1999
  • Eddie Shack was no Tim Horton: donuts and the folklore of mass culture in Canada, 1974-1999
  • Conclusion: Commodity and culture in postwar Canada.

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