03115nam 22006495 450 991048433230332120250609110123.09783030270957303027095510.1007/978-3-030-27095-7(CKB)4100000009836373(MiAaPQ)EBC5975960(DE-He213)978-3-030-27095-7(Perlego)3490859(MiAaPQ)EBC5975581(EXLCZ)99410000000983637320191109d2019 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJohn Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870-1930 /by David W. Gutzke1st ed. 2019.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2019.1 online resource (264 pages) illustrations9783030270940 3030270947 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Introduction -- 2. Pubs without Beer -- 3. From Philanthropy to Profits in London -- 4. From Penny Capitalist to Server of the Multitudes -- 5. Advent of the Mass Market -- 6. Catering Crisis in Edwardian England -- 7. Collapse of the British Tea Table Company -- 8. Starting Over -- 9. Into the War and Beyond -- 10. Conclusion .At the center of sweeping change to food retailing practices in Victorian and Edwardian England lies one man: John Pearce. An innovative businessman and a quintessential rags-to-riches success story, Pearce was at the forefront of the rise of the mass food market in London. With his catering company Pearce & Plenty, he fed millions of workers who wanted fast, nutritious, and tasty food. David W. Gutzke mines a wide range of primary sources to offer a portrait of a pivotal figure in London and a leader of the temperance catering movement who had "done more than can be readily recognised to render London a sober city." By studying Pearce's companies as well as those of his competitors, this book documents a half century of changing consumption habits in London.Great BritainHistorySocial historyEconomic historyCivilizationHistoryHistory of Britain and IrelandSocial HistoryEconomic HistoryCultural HistoryGreat BritainHistory.Social history.Economic history.CivilizationHistory.History of Britain and Ireland.Social History.Economic History.Cultural History.642.4382.4564130942Gutzke David Wauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1228504MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910484332303321John Pearce and the Rise of the Mass Food Market in London, 1870-19304334443UNINA