Fish and chips & the British working class, 1870-1940 / John K. Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, John K.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fish trade--Great Britain--History.

Fish trade.

Potato industry--Great Britain--History.

Potato industry.

Potato chip industry--Great Britain--History.

Potato chip industry.

Food habits--Great Britain--History.

Food habits.

Working class--Great Britain--History.

Working class.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Other Title:

Fish & chips & the British working class, 1870-1940

Fish and chips and the British working class, 1870-1940

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Unlike other institutions of central importance to working-class life, the fish-and-chip trade has not yet been rescued from what the author of this book regards as the massive condescension of posterity. In attempting to begin this process, he traces the origins of what was by 1914 an important national industry, setting the economic, social and political context of the trade, charting its spread and analyzing its sources and methods of supply. The book explores themes like: recruitment patterns of decentralized, provincial trades; methods of working; the role of women in the food industry of

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 The Importance of the Fish and Chip Trade; 2 Origins, Growth and Spread; 3 Fish Friers and Other Industries; 4 The Friers and their Fortunes; 5 The Nature of the Business; 6 Solidarity and Suspicion: Organization and its Limitations; 7 Consumers and Communities; 8 Fish and Chips in Context; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45265-7

9786612452659

0-567-47591-3

OCLC:

562535870