Turning the tables : restaurants and the rise of the American middle class, 1880-1920 / Andrew P. Haley

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Contents: The tang and feel of the American experience: class, culture, and consumption -- Terrapin a la Maryland: the era of the aristocratic restaurant -- Playing at make believe: the failure of imitation -- Catering to the great middle stripe: beefsteaks and American restaurants -- The restauration: colonizing the ethnic restaurant -- The simplified menu: the case against gastronomic ostentation -- Satisfying their hunger: middle-class women and respectability -- The tipping evil: the limits of middle-class influence -- Ending linguistic disquises: the decline of French cuisine -- Indifferent gullets: the middle class and the cosmopolitan restaurant

Topic: Restaurants--History; Middle class--History; Consumption (Economics)--History