| Description |
1 online resource (334 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Waitresses -- United States -- Biography.
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Waitresses. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Owings, Alison. Hey, waitress!. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002 0520217500 (DLC) 2002003614 (OCoLC)49320332 |
| ISBN |
9780520931220 (electronic book) |
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052093122X (electronic book) |
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1417508396 (electronic book) |
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9781417508396 (electronic book) |
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0520242246 (electronic book) |
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9780520242241 (electronic book) |
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1597346527 |
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9781597346528 |
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0520217500 (acid-free paper) |
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1282357557 |
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9781282357556 |
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