Nourishing networks : the public culture of food in New Orleans / Ashley Rose Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Ashley Rose, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Food.

Food supply--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Food supply.

Street vendors--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Street vendors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]

Summary:

'Nourishing Networks' illuminates the central role that food played in shaping one of the United States' most captivating places, New Orleans. Ashley Rose Young weaves together the story of street food in the Big Easy and the development of the uniquely epicurean city.

Contents:

Cover

Nourishing Networks : The Public Culture of Food in New Orleans

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Food as Public Culture

1: The Growth of New Orleans' Public Food Culture, 1800-1850

2: The Expansion of New Orleans' Public Market System, 1822-1865

3: Market Privatization and Mythmaking in New Orleans, 1866-1910

4: Public Market Monopoly and Public Health Reform in New Orleans, 1878-1911

5: Building "Model Markets" in Progressive Era New Orleans, 1911-1940

6: The Rise of Convenience Culture in New Orleans, 1940-1950

7: Reimagining Public Food Culture in Modern New Orleans

Notes

Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Bibliography

Primary Sources

Manuscript Materials

Newspapers

Published Primary Sources

Secondary Sources

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 26, 2025).

ISBN:

0-19-779406-8

0-19-779404-1

0-19-779405-X

9780197794043

OCLC:

1534424470