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Food in the Gilded Age

- What Ordinary Americans Ate

About Food in the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age is renowned for the excesses of the robber barons and tycoons. The lavishness of their tables impressed contemporaries and historians alike. But what about the eating habits of ordinary Americans at the time? Robert Dirks answers that question by peering through the lens of what then was a newly emerging science of nutrition.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781442245136
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 226
  • Published:
  • April 14, 2016
  • Dimensions:
  • 262x238x24 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 484 g.
Delivery: 2-3 weeks
Expected delivery: October 24, 2024

Description of Food in the Gilded Age

The Gilded Age is renowned for the excesses of the robber barons and tycoons. The lavishness of their tables impressed contemporaries and historians alike. But what about the eating habits of ordinary Americans at the time? Robert Dirks answers that question by peering through the lens of what then was a newly emerging science of nutrition.

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