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The London Restaurant, 1840-1914 (Hardcover)
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The London Restaurant, 1840-1914 (Hardcover)
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This is the first scholarly treatment of the history of public
eating in London in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The quotidian
nature of eating out during the working day or evening should not
be allowed to obscure the significance of the restaurant (defined
broadly, to encompass not merely the prestigious West End
restaurant, but also the modest refreshment room, and even the
street cart) as a critical component in the creation of modern
metropolitan culture. The story of the London restaurant between
the 1840s and the First World War serves as an exemplary site for
mapping the expansion of commercial leisure, the increasing
significance of the service sector, the introduction of technology,
the democratization of the public sphere, changing gender roles,
and the impact of immigration. The London Restaurant incorporates
the notion of 'gastro-cosmopolitanism' to highlight the existence
of a diverse culture in London in this period that requires us to
think, not merely beyond the nation, but beyond empire. The
restaurant also had an important role in contemporary debates about
public health and the (sometimes conflicting, but no less often
complementary) prerogatives of commerce, moral improvement, and
liberal governance. The London Restaurant considers the restaurant
as a business and a place of employment, as well as an important
site for the emergence of new forms of metropolitan experience and
identity. While focused on London, it illustrates the complex ways
in which cultural and commercial forces were intertwined in modern
Britain, and demonstrates the rewards of writing histories which
recognize the interplay between broad, global forces and highly
localized spaces.
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