Table settings : the material culture and social context of dining, AD 1700-1900 /

Table settings : the material culture and social context of dining, AD 1700-1900 /

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Fernand Braudel famously observed that the 'mere smell of cooking can evoke a whole civilization'. The way that food is prepared, served, and eaten reveals a great deal about the structure and workings of any society. It is therefore not surprising that food, and the culturally specific et...

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Other Authors / Creators: Symonds, James, Ph. D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Imprint: Oxford [U.K.] ; Oakville, Conn. : Oxbow Books, ©2010.
Subjects:
1700-1899
Food habits > History > 18th century > Congresses.
Food habits > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Dinners and dining > Social aspects > History > 18th century > Congresses.
Dinners and dining > Social aspects > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Material culture > History > 18th century > Congresses.
Material culture > History > 19th century > Congresses.
Archaeology and history > Congresses.
Social archaeology > Congresses.
Social history > 18th century > Congresses.
Social history > 19th century > Congresses.
Habitudes alimentaires > Histoire > 18e siècle > Congrès.
Habitudes alimentaires > Histoire > 19e siècle > Congrès.
Culture matérielle > Histoire > 18e siècle > Congrès.
Culture matérielle > Histoire > 19e siècle > Congrès.
Archéologie et histoire > Congrès.
Archéologie sociale > Congrès.
Histoire sociale > 18e siècle > Congrès.
Histoire sociale > 19e siècle > Congrès.
COOKING > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Food Science.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Archaeology and history.
Dinners and dining > Social aspects.
Food habits.
Material culture.
Social archaeology.
Social history.
Conference papers and proceedings.
History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: I. The Consumer Revolution & The Development of Taste
  • 1. Introduction / James Symonds
  • 2. Producing for the Table: A View from the Staffordshire Potteries / David Barker
  • 3. Trade Catalogues: Elaborations and Virtual Collections / Christine Ball
  • 4. Chocolatada! Sensing the Past: Recreating a 17th-Century Chocolate Recipe / Annie Gray
  • II. Elite Feasting & The Cult of Domesticity
  • 5. Conspicuous Consumption: How to Organize a Feast / Joan Unwin
  • 6. Dining at Endcliffe Hall / Julie Banham
  • 7. Privy to the Feast: Eighty to Supper Tonight / Mary C. Beaudry
  • 8. Separating the Spheres in Early 19th-Century New York City: Redefining Gender among the Middle Class / Diana diZerega Wall.

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