Eating in the side room: food, archaeology, and African American identity

This text examines the food remains of two African American households of the late nineteenth century in Annapolis, Maryland. As with their white neighbours, the families who lived there participated in the explosive emergence of mass consumer culture. From the second half of the nineteenth century...

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Main Author: Warner, Mark S. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Gainesville University Press of Florida 2016
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:This text examines the food remains of two African American households of the late nineteenth century in Annapolis, Maryland. As with their white neighbours, the families who lived there participated in the explosive emergence of mass consumer culture. From the second half of the nineteenth century onward, this world of mass-produced goods, large corporations, and national marketing campaigns would both beckon to the Maynard and Burgess households and simultaneously remind them of their 'place'
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 online resource illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:9780813051390
DOI:10.5744/florida/9780813061115.001.0001

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