| Description |
1 online resource (214 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Food culture, food history before 1900
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: The Economics of Taste -- 1. Méthode Anglaise: Transnational Exchange and the Origins of Champagne -- 2. Primary Sauces: The Rise of Cookbooks, Cuisines, and Corporations -- 3. London Coffeehouse or Parisian Café? -- 4. Sugar and Empire: Tea's 'Inseparable Companion' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
"Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you who you are" was the challenge issued by French gastronomist Jean Brillat-Savarin. Champagne is declared a unique emblem of French sophistication and luxury, linked to the myth of its invention by Dom Pérignon. Across the Channel, a cup of sweet tea is recognized as a quintessentially English icon, simultaneously conjuring images of empire, civility, and relentless rain that demands the sustenance and comfort that only tea can provide. How did these tastes develop in the seventeenth century? Commerce, Food, and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England and France: Across the Channel offers a compelling historical narrative of the relationship between food, national identity, and political economy in the early modern period. These mutually influential relationships are revealed through comparative and transnational analyses of effervescent wine, spices and cookbooks, the development of coffeehouses and cafés, and the 'national sweet tooth' in England and France. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Food -- England -- History -- 17th century.
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Food. |
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England. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Food -- France -- History -- 17th century.
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France. |
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Cooking, European -- 17th century.
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Cooking, European. |
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Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700. |
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Food and Society. |
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HISTORY / Europe / France. |
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Cultural studies: food and society. |
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European history. |
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Social and cultural history. |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: van Dyk, Garritt Commerce, Food, and Identity in Seventeenth-Century England and France Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press,c2022 |
| ISBN |
9789048555161 electronic book |
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9048555167 electronic book |
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