Food in the Gilded Age : what ordinary Americans ate / Robert Dirks.

The Gilded Age is renowned for a variety of reasons, including its culture of conspicuous consumption among the newly rich. In the domain of food, conspicuous consumption manifested itself in appetites for expensive dishes and lavish dinner parties. These received ample publicity at the time, result...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author: Dirks, Robert, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016]
Series:Studies in food and gastronomy.
Subjects:
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central