Turning the Tables

Restaurants and the Rise of the American Middle Class, 1880-1920

Nonfiction, Food & Drink, Food Writing, History, Americas, United States, 19th Century, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: Andrew P. Haley ISBN: 9780807877920
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: May 30, 2011
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Andrew P. Haley
ISBN: 9780807877920
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: May 30, 2011
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

In the nineteenth century, restaurants served French food to upper-class Americans with aristocratic pretensions, but by the turn of the century, even the best restaurants cooked ethnic and American foods for middle-class urbanites. In Turning the Tables, Andrew P. Haley examines how the transformation of public dining that established the middle class as the arbiter of American culture was forged through battles over French-language menus, scientific eating, cosmopolitan cuisines, unescorted women, un-American tips, and servantless restaurants.

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In the nineteenth century, restaurants served French food to upper-class Americans with aristocratic pretensions, but by the turn of the century, even the best restaurants cooked ethnic and American foods for middle-class urbanites. In Turning the Tables, Andrew P. Haley examines how the transformation of public dining that established the middle class as the arbiter of American culture was forged through battles over French-language menus, scientific eating, cosmopolitan cuisines, unescorted women, un-American tips, and servantless restaurants.

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