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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Document, Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kelly Erby |
ISBN: | 0816691304 0816691312 9780816691302 9780816691319 9781452953342 1452953341 |
OCLC Number: | 965141032 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 151 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Contents: | Contents Introduction: Dining Out in Boston 1. Filet de Boeuf at the Tremont House: Luxury Hotel Dining Rooms 2. Bolted Beef and Bolted Pudding: Eating Houses 3. Charlotte Russe in the Afternoon: Elite Ladies' Eateries 4. Roast, Chop Suey, and Beer: Cafes Epilogue: Ice Cream at Howard Johnson's Acknowledgments Notes Index |
Series Title: | Quadrant book. |
Responsibility: | Kelly Erby. |
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"Restaurant Republic acknowledges the struggles involved in the development of a modern American consumer society and demonstrates that dining can make complex, and even contradictory, impulses rational."-Andrew P. Haley, University of Southern Mississippi "Boon for students and scholars alike."-New England Quarterly"Restaurant Republic presents a strong case study of a central development in urban, cultural history."-Reviews in American History Read more...

