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Refined tastes : sugar, confectionery, and consumers in nineteenth-century America / Wendy A. Woloson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Woloson, Wendy A., 1964-
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; ser. 120, no. 1.
- Johns Hopkins University studies in historical and political science ; ser. 120, no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confectionery--History.
- Confectionery.
- Sugar--History.
- Sugar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (296 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Woloson's work offers a vivid account of this social transformation--along with the emergence of consumer culture in America.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction: Refining Tastes; Chapter One: Sugarcoating History: The Rise of Sweets; Capter Two: Sweet Youth: Children and Candy; Chapter Three: Cold Comforts: Ice Cream; Chapter Four: Sinfully Sweet: Chocolates and Bonbons; Chapter Five: The Icing on the Cake: Ornamental SugarWork; Chapter Six: Home Sweet Home: Domesticated Sugar; Conclusion: The Sweet Surrender; Notes; Essay on Sources; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-262) and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-7718-0
- OCLC:
- 923191123
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