Turning the Tables : Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920 /

Haley examines the transformation of American public dining at the start of the twentieth century and argues that the birth of the modern American restaurant helped establish the middle class as the arbiter of American culture.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Haley, Andrew P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Restaurants.
Middle class.
Consumption (Economics)
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
TRAVEL > Restaurants.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Classes moyennes > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Restaurants > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Consumption (Economics) > United States > History > 20th century.
Middle class > United States > History > 20th century.
Restaurants > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:Haley examines the transformation of American public dining at the start of the twentieth century and argues that the birth of the modern American restaurant helped establish the middle class as the arbiter of American culture.
Physical Description:1 online resource (376 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603148

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