Table settings [[electronic resource] ] : the material culture and social context of dining, AD 1700-1900 / / edited by James Symonds

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 p.)
• Disciplina: 641.3009/033
• Soggetto topico: Food habits - History - 18th century; Food habits - History - 19th century; Dinners and dining - Social aspects - History - 18th century; Dinners and dining - Social aspects - History - 19th century; Material culture - History - 18th century; Material culture - History - 19th century; Archaeology and history; Social archaeology; Social history - 18th century; Social history - 19th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SymondsJames, Ph. D.
• Note generali: Includes papers presented at a conference entitled "The table : the material culture and social context of dining in the historical periods," held at University of Sheffield, April 23-25, 2004.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 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); 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: Redefi ning Gender amongthe Middle Class (Diana diZerega Wall)9. Domesticity and the Dresser: An Archaeological Perspective from Rural 19th-CenturyPembrokeshire (Harold Mytum); 10. 'We Lived Well at the Hagg': Foodways and Social Belonging in Working-ClassRural Cheshire (Darren Griffi n and Eleanor Conlin Casella); 11. The Material Manifestations of 19th-Century Irish America (Stephen A. Brighton); 12 The Ceramic Revolution in Iceland (Gavin Lucas) ; 13. Gentility: A Historical Context for the Material Culture of the Table in the 'Long 19th Century',1780-1915 (Linda Young)14. Feeding Workers: Food and Drink in Early Colonial Australia (Susan Lawrence); 15. A Not So Useless Beauty: Economy, Status, Function, and Meaning in the Interpretation ofTransfer-Printed Tablewares (Alasdair Brookes); 16. Postcard from Te Awamutu: Eating and Drinking with the Troops in the New Zealand War Front(Alexy Simmons)
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 etiquettes and equipment that surround the act of eating have been studied by scholars from a wide range of disciplines. The papers in this volume consider the changes that occurred in Old and New World dining and related culinary activities between the 17th century and the early 20th century. This period saw t
• Titolo autorizzato: Table settings
• ISBN: 1-84217-752-4; 1-299-48519-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462747403321
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