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
| 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.
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.
