Plenty and Want. A social history of diet in England from 1815 to the present day
Details:
- Author(s) Burnett, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1979
- Pages pp387
- Publisher Scolar Press
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Consumption, consumerism & associated ethics
- Name Legislation & regulation exc h&s & competition policy
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
First published 1966. Scholarly work dealing with changes in the composition and quality of English - especially working class - diet from 1815 and included here on account of the light it sheds on food consumption / demand. Structure in three parts: 1] '1815-50' - 'England in transition'; 'The agricultural labourer'; 'The town worker'; 'The food of the rich'; 'Food adulteration'; 2] '1850-1914' - 'Standard of living'; 'Rural England - romance and reality'; 'Urban living - poverty and progress'; 'High living'; 'The quality of food'; 3] '1914 to the present day' - 'The First World War'; 'Between the wars'; 'The Second World War'; 'Since 1945'