Hey, waitress!: the USA from the other side of the tray
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1. Verfasser: Owings, Alison (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley University of California Press ©2002
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Alison Owings travelled the USA from border to border and coast to coast, to hear firsthand what waitresses think about their lives, their work and their world. Part journalism, part oral history, "Hey, Waitress!" introduces an eclectic cast of characters
Cover -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1 . A BRIEF, AND SUBJECTIVE, HISTORY OF WAITRESSING -- Voices from the Other Side of the Tray -- 2 . SLICES OF AMERICAN HISTORY -- Arleen Garcia -- Ima Jean Edwards -- Beulah Compton -- Verna Welsh -- Marguerite Schertle -- Cathryn Anita Smith -- 3 . WE SHOULD BE RESPECTED": PROFESSIONALS -- Margie Watson -- Rka Nagy -- Patty Devon -- Melinda Rubke -- Tamara Thompson -- Dolores Romero -- 4 . HIGH ENDS -- Wendy Levy -- Nella Powell -- Martha Shissler -- Sandy Ward -- 5 . "IT WAS DESPERATION TIME": WAITRESSING AS SALVATION -- Gladys Gilbert -- Linda Bolanos and Susan Donley -- Carolyn Robb -- Bertie Halpern -- Hilde Meck -- Lorraine Talcove -- 6 . DINERS AND DOWNWARD -- Rose Marie Willie -- Joanne Mulcahy -- Sally Merlo -- Diana Candee -- Jennifer de Haro -- 7 . WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS -- Mary Ellen Foster McEvily -- Melissa Mason -- Suz Kling -- Cynthia Shearer -- Mary-Lyons Mouton Ochsner Bruna -- 8 . AFTER SHIFT -- Kathy Anderson -- Lucy Rienzo and Co-workers -- Oi Yee Lai -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (334 pages)
ISBN:9780520931220
052093122X
1417508396
9781417508396
0520242246
9780520242241
0520217500
1282357557
9781282357556

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