How the Other Half Ate: A History of Working-Class Meals at the Turn of the Century / Edition 1

by Katherine Leonard Turner

Overview

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, working-class Americans had eating habits that were distinctly shaped by jobs, families, neighborhoods, and the tools, utilities, and size of their kitchens—along with their cultural heritage. How the Other Half Ate is a deep exploration by historian and lecturer Katherine Turner that delivers an unprecedented and thoroughly researched study of the changing food landscape in American working-class families from industrialization through the 1950s.

Relevant to readers across a range of disciplines—history, economics, sociology, urban studies, women’s studies, and food studies—this work fills an important gap in historical literature by illustrating how families experienced food and cooking during the so-called age of abundance. Turner delivers an engaging portrait that shows how America’s working class, in a multitude of ways, has shaped the foods we eat today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520277588
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	01/10/2014
Series:	California Studies in Food and Culture , #48
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	511,586
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Katherine Leonard Turner received her doctorate in history from the University of Delaware in 2008. She lives and teaches in the Philadelphia area.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments

1. The Problem of Food
2. Factories, Railroads, and Rotary Eggbeaters: From Farm to Table
3. Food and Cooking in the City
4. Between Country and City: Food in Rural Mill Towns and Company Towns
5. “A Woman’s Work Is Never Done”: Cooking, Class, and Women’s Work
6. What’s for Dinner Tonight?

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

"A solid . . . social history; Accessible and informative."

Journal of American History - Simone Cinotto

"A solid . . . social history; Accessible and informative."--Simone Cinotto "Journal of American History" (12/1/2015 12:00:00 AM)

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